Intrahepatic distribution of hepatitis B virus antigens in patients with and without hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 2 Clinical, virological, and histopathological characteristics of patients with chronic hepatitis B n (%)

Variables	HBeAg-positive (n = 14)	HBeAg-negative (n = 19)
Mean age in years	38.5	42
Race
Asian	13 (93)	10 (53)
White	1 (7)	1 (5)
African/African American	0 (0)	7 (37)
Hispanic	0 (0)	1 (5)
Male: female, n	11:3	13:6
HBV DNA (IU/mL), mean	28 million	7.3 million
ALT (U/L), mean	124	33
Inflammatory grades
0	0 (0)	1 (5)
1-2	13 (93)	18 (95)
3-4	1 (7)	0 (0)
Fibrosis stage
0	3 (21)	10 (53)
1-2	7 (50)	7 (37)
3-4	4 (29)	2 (10)

CHB: Chronic hepatitis B; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase.