Those presenting with compensated cirrhosis had a higher serum albumin level (3.5 ± 0.4 g/dL [compensated] vs 3.0 ± 0.5 g/dL [decompensated with mild/no ascites] and 2.9 ± 0.4 g/dL [decompensated with gross ascites], P = 0.001) and a lower international normalized ratio (1.2 ± 0.1 [compensated] vs 1.4 ± 0.3 [decompensated with mild/no ascites] and 1.6 ± 0.3 [decompensated with gross ascites], P = 0.001), while serum bilirubin and aminotransferase levels were comparable in all the three groups. Here, ALB is linked to Ascites.