The multivariate logistic regression analysis of the markers and risk factors between the cases and controls.

a: Adjust for age(continues), gender(male=1, female=2), BMI(continues), smoking(never=1, abstained=2, occasionally=3, frequently=4), drinking(never=1, abstained=2, occasionally=3, frequently=4), Waist Circumference(continues), preference for salty foods(no= 0, yes =1), family history of EH(no=0, yes=1 , family history of diabetes mellitus (no=0, yes=1 , types of cooking oil(vegetable oil only=1, mainly vegetable oil=2, mainly animal oil=3), CHOL(continues), TG(continues), FBG(continues), relative ACE mRNA (log transformed), and ACE activity(continues, for ACE(rs4646994) genotype) or ACE(rs4646994) genotype (for ACE activity(continues)), which were the significant factors from the univariate regression analysis and some of the professionally known risk factors.