ALB and carotid atherosclerosis: Through LASSO regression, we selected 12 indicators: Gender, Age, Stroke, Carotid Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, Creatinine, Total Cholesterol, Low-Density Lipoprotein, Lipoprotein(a), Albumin to Globulin Ratio, Homocysteine, and Monocyte-to-HDL Ratio (Table 2).