ALB and diabetes mellitus: The following parameters were compared: age (57 vs. 57.2 years), female (37.8% vs. 32.6%), diabetes (28.0% vs. 27.9%), serum creatinine (1.0 vs. 1.1), INR (1.42 vs. 1.5), albumin (3.1 vs. 3.1), sodium (137 vs. 135), and MELD (17 vs 15.2).