The preoperative recipient findings differed between the two groups, including with respect to BMI; incidence of lung disease; MELD score; the incidence rates of encephalopathy (West-Haven grade I or II) and ascites (>1 L); and the levels of hematocrit, sodium, albumin, platelets, total bilirubin and INR (Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene ALB and Ascites.