ALB and gastric cancer: Univariate analysis of training set in table 2 showed that the variables related to distant metastasis in GC were as follow: White blood cell count (p < 0.001), Red blood cell count (p < 0.001), Hemoglobin (p < 0.001), Platelet count (p < 0.001), Neutrophil count (p < 0.001), Lymphocyte count (p < 0.001), Monocyte count (p = 0.002), Albumin (p < 0.001), d-dimer (p < 0.001), CEA (p < 0.001), CA199 (p < 0.001), CA125 (p < 0.001), NLR (p < 0.001), PLR (p < 0.001), SII (p < 0.001), LMR (p < 0.001) and PNI (p < 0.001).