LAMB2 and cirrhosis of liver: In this study, we found that hyaluronic acid, laminin, type III procollagen, and type IV collagen were positively correlated with early gastroesophageal varices in the univariate analysis and that the increase in laminin concentration was independently correlated with early gastroesophageal varices in compensated liver cirrhosis patients in the multivariate analysis after adjusting for confounding factors.