Pathogenicity of GB virus C on virus hepatitis and hemodialysis patients

Table 7 Comparison of biochemistry characteristics between chronic hepatitis B patients with or without GBV-C infection after 20 months

Group	n	ALT/IU·L-1	AST/IU·L-1
(1) HBV DNA(+)	8	52.13 ± 44.90	44.25 ± 28.42
GBV-C RNA(+)
(2) HBV DNA (+)	30	44.40 ± 37.26	34.67 ± 24.23
GBV-C RNA (-)
(3) HBV DNA (-)	8	28.14 ± 15.36	25.29 ± 17.21
GBV-C RNA (+)
(4) HBV DNA (-)	24	25.15 ± 11.59	25.73 ± 13.16
GBV-C RNA (-)

Significant difference (P < 0.05) was found only in ALT and AST between group 1 and group 3, and group 2 and group 4.