Five gene variants, rs11066280 (C12orf51), rs12229654 and rs3782889 (MYL2), rs2072134 (OAS3), rs2093395 (TREML2), and rs17249754 (ATP2B1), were found to be associated with hypertension mostly in men (P = 4.76 × 10(-14) to 4.46 × 10(-7) in the joint analysis); three SNPs (rs11066280, rs12229654, and rs3782889) remained significant after Bonferroni correction in an independent population.