VIPs = 1.19 × age+9.01× ascites +1.9 × PT + 0.5 × TBIl − 1.12 × Alb − 1.09 × Na + 181.62[age, years; PT, s; TBIL, μmol/L; Alb, g/L; Na, mmol/L; ascites: none = 0, severe (moderate or large ascites with moderately symmetrical abdominal distention or have significant abdominal distension) = 1]. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and Ascites.