NPPB and chronic kidney disease: In addition, patients in the high-ALI group had higher values of BMI, Alb, hemoglobin, sodium, GNRI, LVEF, and better NYHA class, while they had lower values of white blood cell (WBC), NLR, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), creatinine, uric acid, NT-proBNP, and less proportion of combined CKD.