ALB and kidney disorder: The INCIPE (Initiative on Nephropathy, of relevance to public health, which is Chronic, possibly in its Initial stages, and carries a Potential risk of major clinical End-points) study analyzed the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albumin to creatinine ratio in a cohort of 6200 individuals (randomly selected among the residents in the Northeast) aged above 40 years and found a prevalence of CKD (considering all stages) of 13.2% [33].