Similar efficacy and safety of tenofovir in Asians and non-Asians with chronic hepatitis B

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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2015; 21(18): 5524-5531
Published online May 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i18.5524

Table 1 Patient characteristics at baseline n (%)

	HBeAg-negative		HBeAg-positive
	Asian	Non-Asian	Asian	Non-Asian
	n = 102	n = 186	n = 115	n = 113
Male	71 (70)	144 (77)	60 (52)^b	84 (73)
Age (yr, mean ± SD)	44 ± 9.4	44 ± 10.9	34 ± 9.7	33 ± 11.9
BMI (kg/m², mean ± SD)	24.1 ± 3.1^b	26.4 ± 4.5	23.0 ± 3.5^b	25.1 ± 5.5
HBV DNA (log₁₀ copies/mL, mean ± SD)	6.5 ± 1.4^a	6.9 ± 1.3	8.4 ± 1.1^b	8.9 ± 1.0
Median ALT, U/L (Q1, Q3)	73 (45, 115)	103 (67, 140)	90 (56, 144)	118 (88, 196)
Normal ALT¹	17 (17)^b	12 (6.5)	10 (9)	5 (4)

¹Normal ALT ≤ 34 U/L for females; ≤ 43 U/L for males.

^aP≤ 0.05,

^bP≤ 0.01, vs non-Asian patients. ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; BMI: Body mass index; HBeAg: Hepatitis B e antigen; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; Q1: Quartile 1; Q3: Quartile 3.

Citation: Pan CQ, Chan S, Trinh H, Yao A, Bae H, Lou L. Similar efficacy and safety of tenofovir in Asians and non-Asians with chronic hepatitis B. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(18): 5524-5531
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i18/5524.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i18.5524