ALB and diabetic kidney disease: Additionally, urine albumin levels averaged at 140.14 mg/l, while urine creatinine clearance rate (UACR) was recorded at 157.17 mg/g (Table 1). Among the cohort of 1,606 patients with DKD, further analysis of the fourth quartile revealed that triglyceride levels reached an average of 3.59 mmol/l; this group also exhibited the highest mean age at 69.60 years old.