ALB and diabetes mellitus: As shown in Table 1, compared to participants without DKD, patients with DKD were older, had higher SBP, higher BMI, a higher prevalence of hypertension, a higher rate of ACEI/ARB medication usage, a longer duration of diabetes, higher levels of HbA1c, TG, uric acid, Serum creatinine, serum albumin, and ACR, and lower eGFR levels.