Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Nov 21, 2012; 18(43): 6277-6283
Published online Nov 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i43.6277
Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population
Baseline characteristicsTotal (n = 48)
Age, yr (mean ± SD)42.1 ± 12.9
Sex (male/female)29/19
Pretreatment ALT level (IU/L)198 (11-374)
Pretreatment HBV DNA level (log10 copies/mL)8.5 (5.0-10)
Time to undetectable HBV (mo)7.7 (1.3-39.4)
Time to HBeAg seroconversion (mo)13.4 (0.8-39.4)
Consolidation treatment duration (mo)10.3 (6-37.9)
Total treatment duration (mo)26.1 (9.4-47.4)
Antiviral agent (entecavir/clevudine)31/17
Previous NUC treatment (naïve/lamivudine)41/7