ALB and diabetes mellitus: Albuminuria was an independent variable of FT4 after reduced adjustment for age, sex, serum albumin, hs-CRP, smoking status, systolic blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, medication use for diabetes mellitus (P < 0.001) and full adjustment for all of the above mentioned plus eGFR, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, hypertension, medication use for hypercholesterinemia (P = 0.006).