On the contrary, patients who developed liver events during follow-up had higher age (p = 0.01), presence and higher sizes of esophageal varices (p < 0.0001), higher liver stiffness values (p < 0.0001), higher portal vein and spleen longitudinal diameters (p = 0.004, p < 0.0001, respectively), higher rate of mortality (p < 0.0001), higher INR values (p < 0.0001), higher creatinine values (p = 0.01), higher gamma globulin amount (p < 0.0001), lower albumin and lower counts of platelets (p = 0.014 and p < 0.0001, respectively), than patients who had a stable disease over time (Table 2). Here, ALB is linked to esophageal varices.