ALB and diabetes mellitus: The results of the univariate analysis revealed that smoking history (P<0.001), drinking history (P<0.001), diabetes (P<0.001), coronary heart disease (P<0.001), TNM stage (P<0.001), nutritional status (P<0.001), physical activity (P<0.001), age (P<0.001), total protein (P<0.001), albumin (P<0.001), calcium (P<0.001), uric acid (P=0.013), creatine kinase (P=0.005), hemoglobin (P<0.001), BMI (P < 0.001) and neutrophils/lymphocytes (P<0.001) were statistically significant between the two groups (Table 2).