ALB and Renal insufficiency: The factors screened (p values less than 0.1) by the univariate analysis were then entered into a forward stepwise multivariate logistic regression procedure to further identify independent risk factors, including gender, age, smoking history, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cerebrovascular disease, renal insufficiency, pulmonary edema, cardiac surgery history, NYHA class, white blood cell count, red blood cell count, platelet count, serum creatinine, serum albumin, surgical types, cardiopulmonary bypass, and intraoperative transfusion of RBCs.