ALB and diabetes mellitus: Mean age, gender, dialysis vintage, number of patients dialyzed against a 2.5 mEq/L calcium dialysate, comorbid conditions including coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, preserved ejection fraction, electrocardiographic findings, and cardiothoracic ratio, cause of ESRD, type of vascular access, Kt/V, and serum albumin, hemoglobin, creatinine, phosphate, and alkaline phosphatase did not differ between the 1.0 mEq/L potassium dialysate users and nonusers.