ALB and type 2 diabetes mellitus: As shown in Table 1, osteoporotic individuals tended to be older, more likely to be female and had higher proportion of calcium channel blockers medication, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors medication, higher levels of TC, alkaline phosphatase and a lower proportion of type 2 diabetes, biguanide medication, lower levels of BMI, alanine transaminase, albumin and total bilirubin.