ALB and diabetes mellitus: Groups of patients did not differ significantly in age, sex, presence of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, body mass index (BMI), dialysis vintage or adequacy (Kt/V), hemoglobin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), serum albumin, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, neither triglycerides.