ALB and liver cancer: Univariate analysis revealed that the following variables were significantly associated with infection: sex, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, drinking, primary liver cancer, alcoholic, autoimmunity, GIB, HE, HF, TP, TB, hemoglobin, Na, K, ALB, PTA, BUN, Cr, RBC count, WBC count, and NLR (Table 2).