ALB and alcoholic liver diseases: Based on the baseline characteristics of the two cohorts of patients as listed in Table 1, significant differences were found in variables such as alcoholic liver disease, age, smoking status, drinking status, total bilirubin, neutrophil percentage, total hemoglobin, aspartate aminotransferase, serum sodium, albumin, lymphocyte percentage, serum creatinine, red blood cell, and white blood cell (P < 0.05).