ALB and hypertensive disorder: In the present study, we found the high Angpt-2/Angpt-1 ratio remained as a potential predictor for cardiovascular and all-cause death in patients on PD after adjusting for multiple risk factors known to be associated with mortality in dialysis population, i.e. age, DM, hypertension, background CVD, serum albumin, hs-CRP and RRF.