ALB and nutritional deficiency disease: Notably, malnutrition was more prevalent in patients with Hypo-K, in whom nutritional indicators such as serum albumin and total protein were below reference values (3.41 g/L and 6.36 g/dL, respectively, for Hypo-K patients versus reference values of >4.0 g/dL and 6.5 to 8.0 g/dL, respectively).