Kartoun et al.14, using this approach, developed the MELD-Plus score with two versions, one with nine variables (creatinine, total bilirubin, INR, sodium, albumin, white blood cell count, age, total cholesterol, and length of stay) and the other with seven variables (excluding total cholesterol and length of stay) to estimate mortality within 90 days of patients hospitalized for cirrhosis. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and Cirrhosis.