ALB and diabetes mellitus: However, for diabetes mortality, the conventional blood glucose monitoring indicators such as blood glucose levels, HbA1c, or glycated albumin showed only a modest increase in probability in the highest quartiles compared to the reference group, with a respective increase of 1.54 times (95% CI: 0.99–6.53), 2.19 times (95% CI: 1.65–6.19), and 5.36 times (95% CI: 2.62–15.47).