ALB and uremia: However, when adjusting for additional confounders, including traditional CVD risk factors and uremia risk factors (age, gender, DM, BP, SGA, GFR, renal replacement modality, %HGS, Ca x PO4, serum cholesterol, triglycerides and hemoglobin), Group 4 (Low S-Alb and high hsCRP) was not associated with increased risk (HR 1.43 [0.94–2.20]; p = 0.11).