To illustrate, consider a hypothetical patient with a moderate dependency in ADL (accruing 32 points), an NIHSS score of 7 (22 points), presence of diabetes (11 points), a BMI of 18.1 kg/m2 (38 points), grip strength measuring 15 kg (20 points), serum albumin concentration of 35 g/dL (58 points), and absence of depression (0 points). Here, ALB is linked to diabetes mellitus.