ALB and diabetes mellitus: However, 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 did not achieve the significance (HR, 2.809; 95% CI, 0.968-8.152; p = 0.057).