In addition, serum transferrin was negatively related to liver fibrosis/cirrhosis (odds ratio 0.50, per SD unit increase; 95% CI 0.25–0.97, P = 0.041) and malignant neoplasm (odds ratio 0.42, per SD unit increase; 95% CI 0.21–0.86, P = 0.018). The gene discussed is TF; the disease is cancer.