ALB and diabetes mellitus: As shown in Table 3, simple linear regression analysis revealed that serum albumin levels were positively associated with hemoglobin, cholesterol, triglyceride, creatinine, and phosphate levels potentially, but negatively associated with age, DM, high and high average dialysate-to-plasma ratio of creatinine (Cr D/P) at 4 h, log BCLs, and log Hs-CRP levels potentially.