ALB and diabetes mellitus: For instance, in participants with diabetes, with each G allele of rs5756152, serum creatinine decreased by 13% (95% confidence interval: 6.2–19.7%), and eGFR (MDRD) or eGFR (CKD-EPI) increased by 11.08 (5.21–16.96) and 10.01 (4.85–15.33) ml/min respectively, after adjustment for age, sex and urinary albumin excretion (loge).