Table 2.
Characteristics and genotypes among HBV-infected patients, according to HBeAg status (n = 139).
| Characteristics | HBeAg positive (n = 42) |
HBeAg negative (n = 97) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age | (years) | 37 ± 17.2 | 44 ± 12.7 | 0.0055 |
| Gender | M | 31 (73.8%) | 58 (59.8%) | 0.1139 |
| F | 11 (26.2%) | 39 (40.2%) | ||
| Genotypes | A | 25 (59.5%) | 51 (52.6%) | 0.1367* |
| C | 3 (7.1%) | 1 (1.0%) | ||
| D | 12 (28.6%) | 41 (42.3%) | ||
| F | 2 (4.8%) | 4 (4.1%) | ||
| Inactive carrier | (ALT<1.3 NUL) | 18 (43%) | 65 (67%) | 0.0077 |
| Chronic hepatitis | (ALT>1.3 NUL) | 24 (57%) | 32 (33%) | |
| qALT medium | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.0005 | |
| HBV-DNA | (copies/ml) | 21.152.706 | 4.351.518 | <0.0001 |
NUL = Normal Unit Limit
q ALT = U/NUL
*χ2 = test
p value < 0.005 = significant