ALB and diabetes mellitus: Participants with hypertension were older, and had higher prevalence of men, alcohol drinking, smoking, diabetes, family history of hypertension, and higher levels of BMI, heart rate, serum uric acid, fasting glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, serum creatinine, urinary albumin/creatinine, and lower levels of eGFR and HDL compared with those with normotension (Table 5).