The higher mortality associated with low serum albumin is dependent on systemic inflammation in end-stage kidney disease
Fig 2
Kaplan-Meier survival curves during 60 months follow-up in 822 CKD stage 5 patients divided into four groups according to levels of hsCRP (high ≥3mg/L, or normal <3mg/L) and S-Alb (low <35 g/L, or normal ≥35g/L).
Group 1 (n = 200): Normal S-Alb and normal hsCRP; Group 2 (n = 160): Low S-Alb and normal hsCRP; Group 3 (n = 172): Normal S-Alb and high hsCRP; Group 4 (n = 290) Low S-Alb and high hsCRP.