ALB and diabetes mellitus: Significant differences (P < 0.05) were observed among the four groups in terms of sex, age, race, marriage, drinking, body mass index (BMI), hypertension, diabetes, CVD, and laboratory parameters, including serum albumin, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, uric acid, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, triglycerides, total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and eGFR.