NPPB and Hypertension: Compared to the control group, the AAA groupexhibited significantly higher levels of current smoking history, hypertension,HMGB1, HMGB2, TnI, NT-pro BNP, and D-Dimer (p < 0.05), while showinglower levels of never smoked, statin use, diabetes, sTREM-1, eGFR, TG, TC, andHbA1c (p < 0.05) (Table 1).