ALB and myeloid sarcoma: However, no differences were apparent after examining other variables, including smoking status, exercise status, waist circumference, systolic BP, diastolic BP, hemoglobin, albumin, AST, ALT, creatinine, diagnosis of CKD, total cholesterol, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (p = 0.757), or the number of MS components (p = 0.388) in women.