Compared with no delirium/dementia, delirium alone and DSD were associated with greater risk for hospital mortality after adjustment for several possible confounders (age, sex, marital status, referring unit, functional status, nutritional status, comorbidities, polypharmacy, vital signs, GFR, urea, albumin, total leucocytes, and C-reactive protein; Table 2). This evidence concerns the gene ALB and disorder of sexual differentiation.