Systemic Inflammation in Liver Cirrhosis

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. History of prior radio-interventional therapy (TIPS or BRTO), liver transplantation, splenectomy, or hepatectomy;
• •2. Non-sinusoidal cirrhosis (e.g. vascular cirrhosis);
• •3. Coexistence with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma or other malignancies;
• •4. Coexistence with severe systemic diseases and less than 3 months of expected survival time;
• •5. Acute infection within 4 weeks before recruitment;
• •6. Antibiotic use within 4 weeks before recruitment;
• •7. Initial antiviral therapy for HBV or HCV within 4 weeks before recruitment;
• •8. Pregnant or lactating women;
• •9. Patients resistant to long-term follow-up