ALB and diabetes mellitus: Although attenuated association after further adjustment for systolic and diastolic blood pressures, BMI, albumin, fasting glucose, hemoglobin, log-transformed triglycerides, total cholesterol, calcium-phosphorous product, uric acid, eGFR, and proteinuria, the association of DM(+)E/Ea > 9 with CV events remained significant (HR, 3.037; 95% CI, 2.088−7.177; p = 0.025).