ALB and autoimmune hepatitis: Our findings aligned with Jiménez-Rivera et al. [19], who reported that AIH patients had significantly lower serum albumin (3.3 vs. 3.8 mg/dL), lower platelet count (187,000 vs. 249,000; p < 0.001), and higher INR (1.4 vs. 1.2; p < 0.001) compared to controls.