ALB and diabetes mellitus: Nominal associations were statistically significant among patients who were ≥60 years old, female, non-Black, or Hispanic; with vintage ≥ 2 years, with a AV fistula/graft, without tunneled catheter, or with a non-Medicare/Medicaid source as their primary insurance; with BMI < 30 or ≥ 30 kg/m2; with underlying diabetes or combined cardiovascular diseases; with serum phosphorus levels < 5.5 mg/dL, albumin levels ≥ 4 g/dL, creatinine < median of observed values, nPCR < 1 g/kg/day, or spKt/v < 1.4 or ≥ 1.4; or dietary protein intake < median or ≥ median levels of observed vales.