ALB and diabetes mellitus: However, increased odds of LVH were observed in the middle and highest tertile of OH [OR: 3.908 (0.975–15.670), P = 0.054; OR: 6.347 (1.257–32.054), P = 0.025, respectively, P for trend = 0.026] only in patients with stages 1–2, with adjustment for age, gender, diabetes, BMI, SBP, hemoglobin, serum albumin, and logarithmic transformation of urinary sodium and urinary protein in the multivariate logistic regression analyses.