Table 4.

 Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA levels of 2332 patients measured by Digene Hybrid Capture assay

	112 patients with paired serum		2220 patients with serum at last follow up
	HBeAg+ve phase (n = 112)	Anti-HBe+ve phase (n = 112)	HBeAg+ve (n = 525)	Anti-HBe+ve (n = 1695)
Undetectable HBV DNA (%)	27 (24.11)	73 (65.18)	102 (19.4)	1271 (75.0)
HBV DNA level (× 106 copies/ml) (median (range))	4.15 (<0.142–803.87)*	<0.142 (<0.142–434.58)*	12.99 (<0.142–1700)†	<0.142 (<0.142–1700)†

HBeAg, hepatitis B e antigen; anti-HBe, antibody to hepatitis B e antigen.

*p<0.001; †p<0.001.