Table 1.

Baseline patients characteristics

Age (years)	67 ± 11
Sex (male)	8 (72)
Child–Pugh stage
A	9 (82)
B	2 (18)
C	0
ALBI score (mean)	− 3.01 ± 0.4
Total bilirubin before TACE [mg/dl]	1.22 ± 0.8*
Total bilirubin after TACE [mg/dl]	1.91 ± 1.3*
Albumin [mg/dl]	36.4 ± 4
INR	1.16 ± 0.2
Creatinine [mg/dl)	1.05 ± 0.3
Platelets	102 ± 63
ALT [U/l]	39.6 ± 20
MELD	9.9 ± 4
MELD-Na	11.2 ± 4
Etiology of cirrhosis
Alcoholic	7 (64)
HBV	2 (18)
PBC	2 (18)

Unless specified differently, values are given as median and standard deviation (SD), or frequencies and percentages

*p = 0.001 vs serum bilirubin before TACE. Significant p-values are indicated in bold