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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Viral Hepat. 2023 Jun 6;30(8):700–709. doi: 10.1111/jvh.13857

Table 1.

Characteristics of the HBV-HIV co-infected versus HBV mono-infected North American adult samples, stratified by HBeAg status.

HBeAg(+) HBeAg(−)

HBV-HIV
N=58
HBV-only
N=58
P HBV-HIV
N=47
HBV-only
N=47
P
Age (years) 0.84 0.74
   Median (25th, 75th) 50 (45, 56) 49 (43, 58) 49 (44, 56) 47 (43, 57)
Sex, n (%) <.001
   Male 51 (87.9) 31 (53.4) 47 (100.0) 47 (100.0)
   Female 7 (12.1) 27 (46.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Race, n (%) n=57 <.001 n=46 <.001
   Non-Hispanic White 24 (42.1) 8 (13.8) 16 (34.8) 5 (10.6)
   Non-Hispanic Black 26 (45.6) 3 (5.2) 26 (56.5) 5 (10.6)
   Non-Hispanic Asian 2 (3.5) 45 (77.6) 3 (6.5) 36 (76.6)
   Other 5 (8.8) 2 (3.4) 1 (2.2) 1 (2.1)
Estimated transmission mode n=53 n=45 <.001 n=38 n=28 <.001
   Vertical 0 (0.0) 30 (66.7) 1 (2.6) 15 (53.6)
   Horizontal 53 (100.0) 14 (31.1) 37 (97.4) 13 (46.4)
   Other 0 (0.0) 1 (2.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Estimated years of HBV n=43 n=42 <.001 n=36 n=26 <.001
   Median (25th, 75th) 15 (8, 20) 39 (29, 53) 13 (8, 22.5) 37 (21, 47)
HBV therapy, n (%) 0.049 0.008
   Tenofovir alone/combination 52 (89.7) 44 (75.9) 41 (87.2) 29 (61.7)
   Entecavir alone/or with Lamivudine 6 (10.3) 14 (24.1) 3 (6.4) 16 (34.0)
   Emtricitabine alone 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.1) 0 (0.0)
   Lamivudine alone 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (4.3) 2 (4.3)
ALT x ULN n=57 0.68 n=44 n=46 0.18
   ≤1 32 (56.1) 23 (39.7) 26 (59.1) 19 (41.3)
   >1-2 16 (28.1) 32 (55.2) 15 (34.1) 24 (52.2)
   >2-5 8 (14.0) 2 (3.4) 3 (6.8) 3 (6.5)
   >5 1 (1.8) 1 (1.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
AST (U/L) n=57 n=55 0.97 n=44 n=46 0.80
   Median (25th, 75th) 29 (22, 33) 28 (23, 33) 26.5 (21, 42) 28 (23, 35)
Total Bilirubin (mg/dL) n=56 n=56 0.07 n=44 n=46 0.006
   Median (25th, 75th) 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) 0.6 (0.4, 0.8) 0.4 (0.3, 0.7) 0.7 (0.5, 0.9)
Albumin (g/dL) n=57 n=54 0.02 n=44 n=45 0.03
   Median (25th, 75th) 4.4 (4.1, 4.7) 4.3 (4.0, 4.5) 4.3 (4.1, 4.5) 4.5 (4.3, 4.7)
Platelets (x103/mm3) n=57 n=38 0.13 n=44 n=32 0.34
   Median (25th, 75th) 201 (182, 261) 198.5 (163, 247) 203 (175.5, 228.5) 190.5 (164, 229.5)
HBV DNA (IU/mL) 0.24 0.01
   <20 31 (53.4) 34 (58.6) 39 (83.0) 46 (97.9)
   20 - <1000 20 (34.5) 22 (37.9) 8 (17.0) 1 (2.1)
   1000-<10,000 7 (12.1) 2 (3.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)

Acronyms: ALT, Alanine Aminotransferase; AST, Aspartate aminotransferase; DNA, Deoxyribonucleic acid; HBV, Hepatitis B virus; HCV, HIV, Human immunodeficiency virus;