Compared with those in the bacterascites group and sterile ascites group, the ascites leukocyte and neutrophil counts in the SBP group were greater (P < 0.001), while the leukocyte and neutrophil count and the C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) levels in the blood were not significantly greater (Table 2). Here, CRP is linked to Ascites.