Figure 4.

Frequencies of PreS, C1653T, T1753V, or A1762T/G1764A mutations among asymptomatic hepatitis B surface antigen carriers (ASC), patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), patients with liver cirrhosis (LC), and patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) from the pooled data. P values (two-sided) are from the χ² test. Absolute numbers of the participants with hepatitis B virus mutation data are shown on the top of each column. The numerators represent the number of the patients (participants) with the mutation(s). The denominators represent subtotal number of the patients (participants) with and without the mutation(s).