In addition, the proportion of women, mean body mass index, diabetes duration, HbA1c level, serum albumin level, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level in urban and rural areas were 48.0% and 43.2%, 24.1 ± 3.6 and 25.0 ± 4.0 kg/m2, 16.6 ± 10.9 and 12.0 ± 10.3 years, 7.3 ± 1.0% (57 ± 11 mmol/mol) and 7.0 ± 0.9% (53 ± 10 mmol/mol), 4.16 ± 0.31 and 4.30 ± 0.38 g/ml, and 103.7 ± 28.7 and 106.2 ± 26.6 mg/dl, respectively. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and diabetes mellitus.