ALB and prediabetes syndrome: In addition, the urinary albumin could not be obtained in a large percentage of subjects (41%) and for this reason this variable was excluded from the analyses. However, the analysis of subjects with prediabetes (591) and subjects with normoglycemia (400) in whom this parameter was obtained, revealed no significant differences in the prevalence of microalbuminuria, whose magnitude was 7.5 and 5.8%, respectively (p = 0.297).