ALB and malnutrition: The nutritional status included anthropometric measurements (height, weight, BMI, triceps skinfold [TSF] thickness, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), midarm muscle circumference (MAMC), and body fat percentage), biochemical parameters (serum urea, creatinine, albumin, phosphate, potassium, hemoglobin, and total iron-binding capacity [TIBC]), clinical assessments (Malnutrition Inflammation Score [MIS] and protein energy wasting [PEW]), and dietary intake (adherence to total calorie, protein, sodium, potassium, and phosphorus intake and diet monotony index [DMI]).