ALB and hepatocellular carcinoma: In the univariate analysis, HBV infection, alcohol, hepatic encephalopathy, HCC, baseline serum sodium level, serum bilirubin, serum albumin, international normalized ratio (INR), baseline serum creatinine level, baseline Child-Pugh score, baseline MELD score, shock on admission, the amount of blood transfusion, and the development of hyponatremia after terlipressin treatment were the candidate variables that were identified for the multivariate analysis (P < 0.05).