ALB and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: From the original patient cohort of 2323 patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 863 patients with available information regarding smoking status, body mass index (BMI), endocrine and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, hypertension, serum creatinine, and albumin levels were identified and used for the following analyses.