ALB and diabetes mellitus: Participants in the high-ba/high-hf group had 2.1 times higher odds for having a rapid decline in the eGFR than those in the low-ba/low-hf group (P = 0.003) after adjusting for age, sex, diabetes, causes of CKD, pulse pressure, eGFR, logarithm of UPCR, albumin, cholesterol, hemoglobin, serum calcium levels, and beta blocker use.