However, the multivariate Cox model which included the comet-tail score, NYHA class, hydration status, basal epidemiological (age, sex, BMI, edema, diabetes, vascular access, and so on) and some lab data (hemoglobin, albumin, and phosphorus), showed that only age (OR = 1.157, p = 0.010) maintained a significant correlation with survival time. Here, ALB is linked to diabetes mellitus.