ALB and metabolic syndrome: In univariate analysis, age, gender, married status, BMI, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), history of hypertension, history of dyslipidemia, serum hemoglobin, albumin, fasting glucose, hemoglobin A1c, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and uric acid were significantly associated with the development of KSD (Table 2).