ALB and diabetes mellitus: It is clinically characterizedby persistent renal dysfunction for a period equal to or longer than three months,marked by urinary excretion of albumin >30 mg/24 h or an albumin/creatinine ratio(ACR) ≥ 30 mg/g or glomerular filtration rate (GFR) < 60 mL/min/1.73 mafter a hyperfiltration phase, in addition to structural abnormalities (e.g.diabetic glomerulosclerosis) in individuals with previous diagnosis of DM.1,2