ALB and hypertensive disorder: Table 3 shows the unstandardized β coefficients of ΔVLF, ΔLF, and ΔHF which were significant in Table 2 in the patients <65 years old, after adjusting for age, sex, duration of HD, a history of smoking, hypertension, coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, albumin, fasting glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, hemoglobin, creatinine, potassium, total calcium, phosphorous, calcium-phosphorous product, iPTH, uric acid, Kt/V, ultrafiltration rate and medication.