ALB and cancer: Variables found to be significantly associated with mortality at 1 year and 3 years and included in the multivariate analysis were: age at incidence, place of birth, residence, BMI, self-sufficiency, cause of ESRD, severe hypertension, heart disease, cancer, peripheral vascular diseases, liver disease, dementia and psychiatric disease, type of vascular access, HB, serum creatinine, serum albumin.