ALB and Hypertension: Opposite to what was observed with ESR and CRP, the prevalence of hypertension significantly decreased along albumin quartiles (1st quartile < 3.4, 2nd quartile 3.4–3.69, 3rd quartile 3.7–4, and 4th quartile > 4 gm/dL), with the crude prevalence rates of sHTN being 70.8%, 52.6%, 48.3%, and 28.6% for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quartile, respectively (P value for the trend = 0.025).