The PREVEND IT lipid study67 of patients with CKD stages 1–3 reported that treatment slightly increased urinary albumin excretion by quoting medians and IQRs (21.8 and 11.6–41.9 mg/24 hours for the intervention group, and 20.3 and 12.5–40.5 mg/24 hours for the control group). Here, ALB is linked to chronic kidney disease.