Table 1.

Baseline Comparisons Albumin and No Albumin Groups.

Variable	Albumin (n = 56)	No albumin (n = 167)	P value
Age, mean (SD), years	62 (12.2)	58 (15.9)	.002
Sex (male), %	60.6	56.5	.359
Admission weight, mean (SD), kg	82.0 (18.1)	83.1 (24.5)	.559
Height, mean (SD), cm	169.9 (12.57)	167.2 (12.96)	.022
Medical history
Diabetes, %	67.8	68.2	.929
Heart failure, %	35.0	33.5	.727
End-stage renal disease, %	54.4	81.3	<.001