ALB and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Ox-LDL cholesterol was a strong modifier of the association between UPCR and eGFR decline in both univariate regression models (β = −0.001, p < 0.0001) and multivariate models (β = −0.05, p = 0.04), adjusted for ox-LDL, UPCR, albumin, T2DM duration and history of CV disease (Table 3), Figure 2.