Figure 1 illustrated the adjusted Cox regression survival curves [adjusted for age, sex, smoking history, duration of dialysis, history of diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, albumin, fasting glucose, triglyceride, total cholesterol, hemoglobin, creatinine, potassium, total calcium, phosphorous, calcium-phosphorous (Ca × P) product, iPTH, Kt/V and ultrafiltration rate] for overall survival in patients according to median level of ΔLF% (5.1 nu). This evidence concerns the gene ALB and diabetes mellitus.