Univariable Cox regression analysis showed that increasing age, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total bilirubin (TB), prothrombin time (PT), international normalized ratio (INR), Amm-ULN, presence of moderate-severe ascites, female sex and decreasing albumin (ALB) and Na significantly increased the risk of post-TIPS death or LT. Here, GPT is linked to Ascites.