However, the model identified seven independent predictors of death or LT: age (HR = 1.08, 95% CI 1.05–1.12), CS ineligibility (HR = 2.56, 95% CI 1.15–5.69), overt HE (HR = 2.41, 95% CI 1.18–4.92), MDF (HR = 1.02, 95% CI 1.01–1.03), WBC count (HR = 1.11, 95% CI 1.05–1.17), CRP concentration (HR = 1.01, 95% CI 1.0–1.02), and numerical time-to-tertiary care (HR = 1.03, 95% CI 1.01–1.05) (Table 4). Here, CRP is linked to hereditary elliptocytosis.