Association between TRAIL expression on peripheral blood lymphocytes and liver damage in chronic hepatitis B

Table 1 Demographic data, HBV marker and histological findings of the liver in the study population

Characteristics	Normal control	Chronic HBV infection
		CH1	CH2-3	CSH	LC
Number	17	13	14	16	15
Male:female	12:5	9:4	10:4	11:5	11:4
Median age (range)	33.5 (26-50)	34 (24-58)	36 (23-64)	33 (24-56)	44 (21-68)
ALT (U/L)	33 ± 12	57.8 ± 73.6	190.3 ± 207.8	238.3 ± 381.2	85.5 ± 60.4
TBIL (mmol/L)	15 ± 5.2	22.4 ± 20.1	70.0 ± 46.7	405.8 ± 132.9	64.4 ± 47.4
Alb (g/L)		40.78 ± 5.3	35.4 ± 6.8	31.8 ± 3.6	34.9 ± 4.5
PT (s)		13.7 ± 3.4	17.4 ± 5.2	32.1 ± 10.9	21.8 ± 6.4
HBV DNA (positive cases)	0	9	10	4	7
Liver histological findings
Not done (n)	17		8	11	9
G0-1 (n)		11
G2-3 (n)		2	6
G4 (n)				5	6