Additional survival analyses were performed and are shown in Tables 4 and 5; these analyses included factors associated with survival including recipient age, gender, body mass index (BMI), cause of liver disease, Child-Pugh score, albumin (ALB), creatinine, NLR, AFP level prior to TACE and LT, donor age, BMI, graft type, tumor number in explants, intra-operative blood loss, intraoperative infusion volume≥8,000ml, operative time, histological grade and microvascular invasion. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and liver disorder.