After stepwise regression factors associated with 1-year and 3-year mortality were: age at incidence, place of birth, residence, BMI, self-sufficiency, cause of ESRD, severe hypertension, heart disease, peripheral vascular diseases, cancer, liver disease, dementia and psychiatric disease, type of vascular access, haemoglobin, serum creatinine, serum albumin. The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is vascular disorder.