ALB and Nephropathy: When contrasted with the prevalence of nephropathy (our definition of nephropathy was estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 or urine albumin creatinine ratio ≥30 mg/g or urine protein/creatinine ratio ≥0.20 g/g), it suggests that a significant proportion of patients had stage 1 CKD and proteinuria.