ALB and diabetes mellitus: Model 1, which included log-adiponectin and total fat mass in addition to age, haemodialysis duration, presence/absence of DM, serum albumin and log-high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) as independent variables, showed log-adiponectin as a significant and independent factor associating positively with all-cause mortality, in addition to total fat mass, presence/absence of DM and log-hsCRP [odds ratio (OR), 13.542; 95% confidence intervals (CIs), 1.289–142.242; p = 0.0299].