ALB and acute respiratory distress syndrome: Patients with sepsis-related ARDS also had significantly higher APACHE II scores (P < 0.001), higher SOFA scores (P = 0.014), greater WBC counts (P = 0.015), lower serum albumin levels (P = 0.016), and a greater frequency of vasopressor use at admission (P = 0.001) than patients with non-sepsis-related ARDS.