AFP and diabetes mellitus: Cox regression analysis was performed on six backgrounds (age, sex, body mass index [BMI], alcohol intake, presence of diabetes mellitus, and history of IFN treatment) and eight pre- or post-Tx variables (platelet counts, aspartate aminotransferase [AST], alanine aminotransferase [ALT], AFP, and WFA+-M2BP levels, FIB-4 index, ALBI, and LOXL2 levels).