ALB and diabetes mellitus: Albumin was negatively correlated with fasting blood sugar (r=-0.354, p<0.0001), HbA1C (r=-0.174, p=0.048), total cholesterol (r=-0.412, p<0.0001), triglycerides (r=-0.348, p<0.0001), LDL (r=-0.396, p<0.0001), and diabetes duration (r=-0.130, p=0.01), but positively correlated with HDL (r=0.313, p<0.0001).