ALB and esophageal varices: The area under the curve was 0.337 which was statistically significant (p <0.001). The studies by Cherian et al. [9], Sharma et al. [12], and Ng et al. [20] proved a significant association between platelet count and the prediction of esophageal varices but did not find a statistically significant association between albumin values and esophageal varices.