As treatment for complications of decompensated cirrhosis, diuretics for ascites were given to 625 patients (44.3%); branched chain amino acid preparations as nutritional therapy were given to 267 patients (18.9%) with a serum albumin level of ≤ 3.5 g/dL; non-absorbable synthetic disaccharides and rifaximin (an intestinal non-absorbable antibacterial drug) for hepatic encephalopathy were given to 141 patients (10.0%); and endoscopic variceal ligation to prevent variceal bleeding was performed in 407 (28.8%). This evidence concerns the gene ALB and Ascites.