ALB and hepatocellular carcinoma: Otherwise there were no significant differences in gender (p = 0.9619), Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) classification (p = 0.8538), prevalence of ascites and vascular invasion (p = 0.7662 and 0.9441), serum levels of albumin and sodium (p = 0.1617 and 0.7036) and the CLIP score (p = 0.1225) between viral/alcoholic and cryptogenic HCC patients.