In cirrhotic patients with sarcopenia, we observed significantly reduced body mass index (BMI), muscle mass, mid‐arm muscle circumference (MAMC), haematocrit and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) compared with cirrhotic patients without sarcopenia (P = 0.0001, P = 0.0001, P = 0.0001, P = 0.044 and P = 0.041, respectively). The gene discussed is GPT; the disease is sarcopenia.