Spontaneous viral clearance after 6-21 years of hepatitis B and C viruses coinfection in high HBV endemic area

Table 2 Clearance of serum HBV markers in Group BC and Group B

	Group BC (n = 40, %)	Group B (n = 16, %)
HBsAg clearance
Until 1994	6 (15%)	0 (0%)
Until 2002	27 (67.5%)	8 (50%)
HBeAg clearance/seroconversion
HBeAg clearance
Until 1994	29 (72.5%)	10 (62.5%)
Until 2002	37 (92.5%)	14 (87.5%)
HBeAg seroconversion	22 (55.5%)	12 (75%)
HBV DNA clearance
Until 1994	3 (7.5%)	2 (12.5%)
Until 2002	35 (87.5%)	13 (81.2%)
HBV clearance	27 (67.5%)	7 (43.8%)
Male	18 (85.7%)a	4 (66.7%)
Female	9 (47.4%)b	3 (30%)
Low HBV DNA level group (< 105 copies/mL)	17 (70.8%)	4 (57.1%)
High HBV DNA level group (≥ 105 copies/mL)	10 (62.5%)	3 (33.3%)

Note.

^avs.

^bχ² = 6.686, P = 0.010.