ALB and diabetes mellitus: Those in group Q1 were more likely to be males, to be older, to be current drinkers and smokers, to have lower rates of antihypertensive agents and antidiabetes agents, to have a lower proportion of diabetes, to have higher Hcy levels and HDL-C, and to have lower BMI, DBP, FPG, serum albumin, TC, TG, LDL-C, eGFR, and SUA levels than the three groups with higher TCBI values.