Among 300 patients (mean age 67 ± 13 years; 73% male), 39% had diabetes, mean estimated glomerular filtration rate was 63 ± 18 ml/min/1.73 m2, median urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio was 34 mg/g (13–84 mg/g), and 58% had CKD. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and chronic kidney disease.