ALB and hepatocellular carcinoma: The relationship between preoperative Fib/Alb ratios and the clinicopathologic variables of patients with HCC was investigated, and the data showed that the preoperative Fib/Alb ratio was associated with microvascular invasion (P = 0.022), BCLC stage (P = 0.033), and ALBI grade (P = 0.003).