Table 3.

Comparison of the HCC and non-HCC patients' number and viral load stratified by ages

Age range (years)	Patients number (%)			viral load (Log10 IU/ml, mean ± SD)
	HCC	non-HCC	P value	HCC	non-HCC	P value
All	90 (100)	90 (100)	1.000	4.73 ± 1.71	3.90 ± 2.01	0.003
≥ 60	25 (27.8)	22 (24.4)	0.611	4.48 ± 1.80	3.56 ± 1.35	0.056
50-59	29 (32.2)	32 (35.6)	0.637	5.20 ± 1.52	3.98 ± 2.21	0.015
40-49	27 (30.0)	27 (30.0)	1.000	4.20 ± 1.85	4.20 ± 2.09	0.996
< 40	9 (10.0)	9 (10.0)	1.000	5.51 ± 0.94	3.61 ± 2.46	0.046