Conversely, no combination of biomarkers performed better than the single ones in establishing a diagnosis of malnutrition, according to SGA or MIS, and albumin, with an AUC of 0.7, and myostatin (AUC 0.71) were the single best biochemical markers of this condition, a not unexpected finding, as is the finding for albumin levels. Here, ALB is linked to nutritional deficiency disease.