ALB and Hypertension: Circulating BNP levels correlated significantly and positively with neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, systolic blood pressure, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio, and prevalence of hypertension, peripheral arterial disease, diabetic retinopathy, peripheral neuropathy, and nephropathy, and negatively with triglyceride, fasting blood glucose, lymphocyte count, hemoglobin, estimated glomerular filtration rate, bilirubin, osteoporosis self-assessment tool for Asians, BMD at different skeletal sites and corresponding T scores (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05).