Table 1 summarizes the clinical characteristics of the two groups. A significant difference between the two groups was observed in the occurrence of anemia (P ═ 0.034). In the low ΔAlb-dNLR group, the pre-Alb-dNLR was lower (P < 0.001), whereas the post-Alb-dNLR was higher than the corresponding scores in the high ΔAlb-dNLR group (P < 0.001). This evidence concerns the gene ALB and anemia (phenotype).