There were some differences between the BAR groups with respect to various covariates (i.e., sex, age, alcohol abuse, CKD, diabetes, hypertension, fever, asthenia, AST, BUN, ALB, creatinine, procalcitonin, APACHE II score, SOFA score, and renal replacement therapy) (P < 0.05). The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is diabetes mellitus.