ALB and Cirrhosis: Compared with the LT patients, a higher proportion of the LR patients had HBeAg positivity (36.2% vs 21.3%), an ALB level of ≥3.5 g/dL (96.6% vs 88.0%), a PLT count of ≥100 × 109/L (83.4% vs 70.1%), Child–Pugh grade A (97.9% vs 88.0%), and a solitary nodule (86.9% vs 62.4%) (all P ≤ 0.001), whereas a lower proportion of the LR patients had cirrhosis (51.4% vs 71.8%, P < 0.001).