ALB and pneumonia: Twenty-five (29%) patients died in hospital, and they had a greater incidence of lobar pneumonia pattern (40% in nonsurvivors vs 10% in survivors; P = .008), low albumin level (2.7 g/dL, range, 1.6–3.8 in nonsurvivors vs 3.0 g/dL, range, 1.7–4.2 in survivors; P = .026) and higher levels of aspartate aminotransferase (30 U/L, range, 11–186 in nonsurvivors vs 23 U/L, range, 11–102 in survivors, P = .017) and C-reactive protein (8.0 mg/dL, range, 0.9–26.5 in nonsurvivors vs 4.7 mg/dL, range, 0.0–24.0 in survivors; P = .047) on admission.