ALD: alcoholic liver disease; NAFLD: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; PBC: primary biliary cholangitis; SBP: spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; GI: gastrointestinal; MELD: model for end-stage liver disease; MELD-Na: model for end-stage liver disease sodium; INR: international normalised ratio; WBC: white blood cell; CRP: c-reactive protein; SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.