In a prior study, Wang et al. also suggested a role for albumin in predicting transfusion needs: patients with hypoalbuminemia (<29.2 g/L) received a significantly higher mean number of transfused units compared to those with albumin ≥ 29.2 g/L (4.04 ± 6.76 vs. 2.14 ± 4.36, p < 0.001), and the overall transfusion rate was higher in the hypoalbuminemic group (58.2% vs. 40.1%, p < 0.001) [30]. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and Hypoalbuminemia.