We selected candidate predictors based on previous studies; these included cardiovascular risk factors (i.e., age, sex, history of DM, causes of renal failure, smoking), dialysis-related risk factors (i.e., vintage, access at dialysis initiation, long-term access, serum calcium, serum phosphorus, intact parathyroid hormone, haemoglobin, serum albumin, serum uric acid (SUA), Kt/V) and nontraditional risk factors, as inexpensive markers are included in the complete blood count (CBC) test (i.e., RDW, NLR, and MLR). The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is kidney failure.