ALB and acute kidney injury: The AKI (n = 40) and non-AKI (n = 38) patients were similar with respect to age (72.5 ± 17.9 versus 67.3 ± 10.4, P = 0.12), sex (men/women; 22/18 versus 18/20, resp., P = 0.5), blood pH (7.20 ± 0.15 versus 7.22 ± 0.11, P = 0.42), SBE (−13.68 ± 6.31 versus −11.86 ± 3.88, P = 0.098), serum albumin level (2.95 ± 0.60 versus 2.89 ± 0.0.57, P = 0.65), and serum lactate level (67.3 ± 61.7 versus 63.3 ± 42.2, P = 0.743).