As shown in Figure 2, the area under the curve (AUC) value of HCT-ALB in predicting the risk of sepsis in patients with AP was 0.599 (95% CI 0.544–0.654), surpassing the BISAP score (AUC 0.558, 95% CI 0.509–0.607). The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is Sepsis.