Table 1. Characteristics of CHB patients and healthy donors.

Characteristic	Value
	HBV patients	Healthy donors
Number	29	19
% Men	75.9	68.4
Age	35.9 (20–65)	39.5 (26–51)
HBV DNA	2.5×107 (<500-2.0×108)	-
ALT level (U/L)	180.9 (17.9–1223)	16.7 (8.6–45.7)
AST level (U/L)	125.1 (12.6–902)	41.7 (11.8–81.9)
TBIL level (µmol/L)	57.7 (4.7–425.1)	10.4 (6.1–21.2)

ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; DBIL, direct bilirubin; TBIL, total bilirubin.