ALB and diabetes mellitus: Long-term diabetes is characterized by an approximately 5-fold increase in total protein excretion (256 <206; 260> mg/24 h in diabetic rats and 56 <49; 70> mg/24 h in non-diabetic rats, p = 0.0164), an 8-fold increase in albumin excretion (2.01 <0.97; 3.