The two groups displayed significant differences in clinical data such as age, sex, educational level, hypertension, current drinker, SBP, DBP, height, BMI, WC, duration of diabetes, FPG, HbA1c, hemoglobin, leukocytes, gamma-glutamyl transferase, ALB, TG, TC, hs-CRP, ACR, and eGFR. Here, ALB is linked to hypertensive disorder.