CRP and congestive heart failure: Lower albumin was significantly associated with older age, female sex, arterial hypertension, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease and liver cirrhosis, higher Charlson comorbidity index, active or previous smoking, use of oral anticoagulant therapy, use of pre-admission antibiotic therapy, higher WBC, lower hemoglobin, higher CRP, higher ferritin, and higher D-dimers (p < 0.05 for all analyses).