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We elucidated usefulness of newly developed albumin\u2013bilirubin (ALBI) score as alternative methods of BTR in patients with na\u00efve hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) retrospectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials\/Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In 842 patients with HCC and without BCAA supplementation (71\u00a0years, male 614, Child\u2010Pugh A:B:C\u00a0=\u00a0689:116:37), relationships among BTR and clinical features were evaluated. Of those, 438 patients, with Milan criteria HCC, treated curatively were divided into the high\u2010BTR (&gt;4.4) (<jats:italic>n\u00a0=<\/jats:italic>\u00a0293) and low\u2010BTR (\u22644.4) (<jats:italic>n\u00a0=<\/jats:italic>\u00a0145) groups. The prognostic value of BTR was evaluated using inverse probability weighting (IPW) with propensity score.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The low\u2010BTR group showed worse prognosis than the other (3\u2010, 5\u2010, 10\u2010year overall survival rates: 88.9% vs. 86.3%\/70.5% vs. 78.1%\/38.1% vs. 52.3%, respectively; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). Multivariate Cox\u2010hazard analysis adjusted for IPW showed elderly (\u226565 years) HR 2.314, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.001), female gender (HR 0.422, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001), ECOG PS \u22652 (HR 3.032, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.002), low platelet count (HR 1.757, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.010), and low BTR (\u22644.4) (HR 1.852, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.005) to be significant prognostic factors. Both serum albumin level (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.370, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) and ALBI score (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0\u22120.389, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) showed a significant relationship with BTR. 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