ALB and Cirrhosis: Serum albumin [S: 80.2 (16.8), LPS: 70.9 (15.1), Ci: 53.7 (12.8), Ci+LPS: 49.6 (8.6) mg/ml] decreased by cirrhosis (2-way ANOVA, P < 0.001) and not by LPS (Fig. 2).