Patients with a higher %ECWBIA/TBWWatson ratio tended to have diabetes mellitus, resistant hypertension, a lower diastolic blood pressure, a higher pulse pressure, a higher serum creatinine level, a lower eGFR, a lower serum albumin level, a higher UPCR level, and a higher prevalence of furosemide use (P < 0.05). This evidence concerns the gene ALB and diabetes mellitus.