ALB and cardiac arrhythmia: Further multivariate Cox analysis showed that E/E’>15, LAVI>32 mL/m2, and coexistence of E/E’>15 and LAVI>32 mL/m2 were significant independent predictors of CV events in both DM and non-DM groups, even after adjusting for age, sex, dialysis modality, smoking, history of CAD, CVD and arrhythmia, hemoglobin and serum albumin concentrations, and 24-hour urine volume (Table 8).