All clinical features (age, gender, ECOG performance status, Complications, Hepatitis, ALB, ALT, AST, TBIL, PT, INR, PLT, Child–Pugh class, CRP, BCLC stage, AFP) and general imaging features (diameter of the largest lesion, number of lesions, presence or absence of portal vein thrombosis, and presence or absence of ascites) were included in univariate logistic analysis. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is Ascites.