ALB and diabetes mellitus: Patients with mortality, when compared to those without mortality at 3 years, were significantly more advanced in age (p = 0.024), had a significantly higher proportion of DM (p = 0.006), had significantly higher serum BTP (p = 0.019) and glucose (p = 0.032) concentrations, had significantly lower serum albumin (p = 0.002) and creatinine (p = 0.001), and had significantly higher ASCVD risk scores (p = 0.033).