The predictors of AKI at ICU admission included hypertension [odds ratio (OR) = 1.44, p 0.017], high serum creatinine concentration [OR = 3.54; p < 0.001], low serum albumin concentration [OR = 1.42, p 0.015], high APACHE II score [OR = 2.10; p < 0.001] and high SAPS 3 [OR = 1.75; p < 0.001]. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and acute kidney injury.