GPT and diabetes mellitus: After PSM (Supplementary Figure 1), differences in gender, age, BMI, smoking history, diabetes mellitus, preoperative TACE, secondary operation, albumin level, ALT level, Child-Pugh grade, total bilirubin level, operation method, gallbladder excision, operation time, intraoperative blood loss, blood transfusion amount, and bile leakage became insignificant between these two groups (P>0.05).