ALB and diabetes mellitus: Patients with diabetes mellitus had a higher prevalence of RAC (41.9% vs. 10.2%; p < 0.01), older age (median, 61.5 vs. 48.0 years; p < 0.01), higher systolic BP (median, 165.0 vs. 155.0 mm Hg; p < 0.01), higher triglyceride level (median, 1.61 vs. 1.24 mg/L; p < 0.05), higher HbA1c level (median, 6.5 vs. 5.5 mmol/L; p < 0.01), and less frequent dialysis duration >5 years (4% vs. 28%; p < 0.01), lower diastolic BP (median, 83.5 vs. 95.5 mm Hg; p < 0.01), and lower albumin (median, 31.5 vs. 34.4 g/L; p < 0.01) and phosphate levels (median, 1.77 vs. 2.06 mmol/L; p < 0.05).