ALB and hereditary elliptocytosis: In univariate analysis, significant variables (at 5 % significance) which were associated with increased mortality were hemoglobin, total leukocyte count (TLC), total bilirubin, albumin, urea, creatinine, sodium, prothrombin time (PT) international normalised ratio (INR), Child Turcotte Pugh (CTP) score, Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, presence of Acute kidney injury (AKI), variceal bleed, Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and sepsis.