17 (28%) had major or minor depression. Depressed patients were younger and had lower health-related QoL than did non-depressed patients. Depression predicted mortality (HR=4.1, 95%CI: 1.5-32.2, P<0.05) after adjusting for age, gender, race, medical comorbidities, albumin, kt/V, and/or the presence of diabetes. Here, ALB is linked to major depressive disorder.