ALB and ischemic stroke: After PSM, in the comparisons between patients with reduced and those with normal albumin levels, the primary composite outcome of death and cardiovascular events within 30 days after ischemic stroke was 59 380 (36.0%) and 43 111 (26.1%), respectively (HR, 1.48 [95% CI, 1.46–1.50]; Table 2; Figure 2).