ALB and diabetes mellitus: C-IMT: carotid intima-media thickness; SAH: systemic arterial hypertension; DM: diabetes mellitus; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; ACR: albumin/creatinine ratio in an isolated sample of urine; HDL: high density lipoprotein; LDL: low density lipoprotein; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; 25(OH)D: 25-hydroxyivitamin D. The chi-square and Student’s t-tests were used for statistical analyses.