Clinical characteristics of H-type hypertension and its relationship with the MTHFR C677T polymorphism in a Zhuang population from Guangxi, China.

Objective: This study was designed to assess the clinical presentation of patients with H-type hypertension who were of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi, China. The relationship between the C677T polymorphism in the MTHFR gene and H-type hypertension was also assessed.

Methods: This was a case-control study in which 185 Zhuang nationality patients with hypertension that had been hospitalized at the Wuming Hospital of Guangxi Medical University between February 2018 and December 2018 were assessed for plasma homocysteine (Hcy) levels.