ALB and Cirrhosis: As expected, patients with cirrhosis had a significantly higher serum bilirubin (58.2 μmol/L versus 11.6 μmol/L, P = 0.03), INR (1.56 versus 1.05, P < 0.01) and serum albumin to ascitic gradient (18 versus 15, P = 0.03) but lower platelet counts (125 × 109/L versus 463 × 109/L, P < 0.01) and ascitic fluid protein (25 g/L versus 34 g/L, P = 0.02).