ALB and diabetes mellitus: The demographic data of patients in both groups were comparable (Table 1), with no statistically significant differences in age, sex, body mass index, underlying disease (hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, coronary artery disease, malignancy, and cerebrovascular accident), APACHE II score, SOFA score, serum lactate and albumin at admission, number of organ systems involved, specific organ sepsis, or number of organ failures.