Novel assay of competitively differentiated polymerase chain reaction for screening point mutation of hepatitis B virus

Table 2 HBV G1896A variant and its relationship with HBV serum markers

	Cases	CD-PCR(%)		CAS-PCR(%)		AS-PCR(%)
		HBV DNA(+)	G1896A variant	HBV DNA(+)	G1896A variant	HBV DNA(+)	G1896A variant
HBsAg(+)/	60	100.0	6.7	100.0	63.3b	93.3	55.0b
HBeAg(+)
HBsAg(+)/	100	62.0c	38.0	59.0	46.0	48.0	40.0
HBeAg(-)
HBsAg(-)/	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
HBeAg(-)

^bP < 0.01, compared with group of CD-PCR, χ² test,

^cP < 0.05, compared with group of AS-PCR, χ² test.