Table 2.

Baseline characteristics associated with persistent viremia (multivariate analysis).

Parameters	OR	95% CI	P value
HBV DNA level ≥8 log10 IU/mL	3.727	1.851-7.505	<0.0001
Anti-HBc level<3 log10 IU/mL	2.384	1.223-4.645	0.011
HBeAg positive vs negative	2.871	1.563-5.272	0.001
Age (years) ≤30y			0.241
HBsAg ≥4 log10 IU/mL			0.402
Fibrosis stages >3			0.106

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; HBV, hepatitis B virus; Anti-HBc, hepatitis B core antibody; HBeAg, hepatitis B e antigen. The meaning of the bold values is to highlight statistically significant indicators.