ALB and hereditary elliptocytosis: After adjusting for 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, multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that INR ≥ 1.5 (OR = 2.606, 95% CI: 2.072–3.278) was significantly related to HE risk.