Table 3.

Serum sCD96 levels in healthy individuals and patients with viral hepatitis B and hepatic cirrhosis.

	Cases (n)
Diagnosis	Tested	Detectable	Median (ng/ml)	P-value (versus healthy indivaduals)	P-value (versus Inactive HBV-infected control)
Healthy indivaduals	116	98	0·9758		0·162
Inactive HBV-infected control	14	9	1·4533	0·162
Viral hepatitis B	56	55	2·0354	0·001	0·003
Acute viral hepatitis B	16	15	1·2518	0·433	0·085
Chronic viral hepatitis B	40	40	2·1193	< 0·001	0·001
Hepatic cirrhosis	53	45	2·3791	0·038	0·040
Class A (Child–Pugh score)	24	19	0·6749	0·423	0·461
Class B/C (Child–Pugh score)	29	28	3·6165	0·006	0·014

HBV, hepatitis B virus.