Univariate logistic regression analyses demonstrated that age, hepatitis infection, HCC, WBC, RBC, albumin, total serum bilirubin, serum creatinine, ALT, AST, alkaline phosphatase, Child-Pugh score, MELD score, NLR score, and CAGIB score were significantly associated with in-hospital death. Here, ALB is linked to hepatocellular carcinoma.