TABLE 1.
Demographic, virologic, and histological characteristics of patients with and without HDV infection
| Parameter | Value |
P valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDV-positive patients | HDV-negative patients | ||
| No. of males/total no. of patients | 11/21 | 17/22 | NS |
| Median (range) age (yr) | 43.5 (30-58) | 43 (14-62) | NS |
| No. of HBeAg-positive patients/no. of HBeAg-negative patients | 3/18 | 8/14 | 0.007 |
| No. of patients with HBV genotype | |||
| D | 20 | 18 | NS |
| A | 1 | 3 | NS |
| C | 0 | 1 | NS |
| No. of patients with stage of fibrosisb | |||
| 0-1 | 5 | 6 | NS |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | NS |
| 3-4 | 10 | 11 | NS |
| No. of patients with grade of activityb | |||
| 1 | 5 | 6 | NS |
| 2 | 11 | 15 | NS |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | NS |
a
NS, not significant.
b
Histological staging and grading were performed according to the classification method of Scheuer (25).