ALB and diabetes mellitus: Furthermore, age (aHR: 1.05 [95% CI: 1.00–1.10]), DM (aHR: 2.61 [95% CI: 1.46–2.68]), NHALP (aHR: 1.09 [95% CI: 1.05–1.12]), albumin (aHR: 0.53 [95% CI: 0.30–0.95]), HD vintage (aHR: 1.02 [95% CI: 1.01–1.03]), phosphate (aHR: 1.40 [95% CI: 1.19–1.64]), iPTH (aHR: 1.02 [95% CI: 1.02–1.03]) and hemoglobin (aHR: 0.77 [95% CI: 0.63–0.93]) were all independent risk factors of BF events in the current study.