ALB and inflammatory bowel disease: Laboratory analysis showed significantly lower hemoglobin (137.5 ± 21.1 vs 148.4 ± 12.9 g/L, P = 0.001), urea (4.4 ± 1.3 vs 5.4 ± 1.5 mmol/L, P = < 0.001) and albumin levels (39.5 ± 5.6 vs 44.1 ± 2.6 g/L, P = < 0.001) in IBD patients compared to the control group (Table 2).