ALB and diabetes mellitus: Other biological factors that affected the current study included age, race, sex, marital status, drinking status, smoking status, body mass index (BMI), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, ghrelin, glutamic oxaloacetic aminotransferase, glutamic alanine aminotransferase, albumin, glycosylated hemoglobin, serum calcium, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), coronary heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus.