Chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Eastern Ethiopia: Clinical characteristics and determinants of cirrhosis

Figure 1 Profile of chronic hepatitis B cohort study, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia. CHB: Chronic hepatitis B.

Figure 2 Clinical phase of 132 chronic hepatitis B patients with full data available, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia. Individualized analysis of hepatitis B virus DNA, alanine aminotransferase, and hepatitis B envelope antigen (HBeAg) status allowed phase classification of chronic hepatitis in 132 (68.4%) patients: 76 (57.6%) presented with HBeAg-negative chronic infection (inactive carrier), 7 (5.3%) with HBeAg-positive chronic infection, 19 (14.4%) with HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis, and 21 (15.9%) with HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis. In 61 (31.6%) patients, phase classification was not possible because of missing HBeAg or viral load data. CHB: Chronic hepatitis B.