ALB and coronary artery disorder: Tables 6 and 7 revealed that the 28-day mortality rate in the hypochloremic group was significantly decreased by 5.4% at 24 hour with an 1 mEq/L increase in the chloride level, after adjusting for age, sex, BMI, SBP, SOFA score, coronary arterial disease (CAD), serum albumin, and total CO2, whereas there was no significant effect of an 1 mEq/L increase in the chloride level on 28-day mortality at 48 hour (Table 6).