ALB and Hepatic failure: After matching, a total of 106 pairs were matched between the two groups in the presence or absence of hepatic encephalopathy, renal insufficiency, liver failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, hyponatremia, spontaneous peritonitis, sex, age, etiology, AST, ALT, ALP, CHE, ALB, direct bilirubin, indirect bilirubin, fasting blood glucose, blood urea nitrogen, Cr, PT, PTA, INR, Child–Pugh score, MELD score, MELD–Na score, ALBI score, Child-Pugh grade, ALBI grading, and ascites severity which did not show statistically significant differences (P > 0.05).