ALB and diabetic kidney disease: Furthermore, the prevalence of DKD (eGFR < 60, with or without high serum albumin) decreased in the intervention group compared to baseline, but not in the control group (11.7% vs 12.8% and 17.3% vs 13.3%, respectively), with significant chi-square statistics between both groups at study exit (P value < 0.01) (Table 6).