ALB and diabetes mellitus: No significant differences were found between the groups in terms of gender, BMI, duration of diabetes, smoking history, alcohol consumption history, SBP, FBG, HbA1c, TG, TC, HDL-C, LDL-C, ALB, ALT, AST, UA, BUN, TyG index, UAR, or prevalence of hyperlipidemia and fatty liver (all P >  0.05).