Table 3.

Correlation between the baseline characteristics and the reduction in LS values at week 96 from baseline

Variables			ra	P-value
Age			-0.11	0.51
Body mass index (kg/m2)			0.17	0.33
Platelet count (109/L)			-0.09	0.61
Alanine aminotransferase (log10IU/L)			0.29	0.09
γ–glutamyl transferase (log10IU/L)			0.52	0.001
HBV DNA (log10IU/ml)			0.06	0.74
HBeAg positivity			0.33	0.05
Liver stiffness values (kPa)			0.94	< 0.001

^aPearson correlation coefficient