Viral Hepatitis
Copyright ©2005 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2005; 11(22): 3346-3350
Published online Jun 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i22.3346
Table 1 Characteristics of patients with positive HBeAg at enrollment.
Group 1 (n = 10)Group 2 (n = 8)Group 3 (n = 9)Group 4 (n = 10)
Age in years (mean±SD)38.8±9.740.0±9.134.1±12.931.2±10.2P = 0.07
Gender (male/female)10/06/24/57/3P = 0.01
ALT (IU/L)695±45089±45325±19589±38P = 0.01
HBV DNA (LGE/mL)7.4±1.47.5±0.97.2±1.58.2±0.5P = 0.06
Genotype (A/B/C)0/0/101/0/60/0/90/0/10P = NS
Precore (wild/mutant)9/16/18/110/0P = NS
Core promoter (wild/mutant)5/5e2/51/84/6P = 0.14
Fibrosis stage (F1/F2/F3)1/3/13/1/20/4/13/1/0P = 0.06