ALB and Hypoalbuminemia: In our study 45.9% (17 cases) had serum albumin of less than 3.5mg/dl.11 Our study had smaller sample size (37 patients), Dziedzic et al. (2007) had larger sample size (705 patients) with albumin levels measured within 36 hours of stroke onset, focusing on the prevalence of hypoalbuminemia and its immediate correlations with stroke severity and inflammatory markers.