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. 2012 Jun 7;18(21):2661–2667. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i21.2661

Table 3.

Characteristics of study subjects based on hepatitis B virus infection and family history n (%)

HBV (+) (n = 1713)
P value HBV (-) (n = 529)
P value
FHx (+) (n = 136) FHx (-) (n = 1577) FHx (+) (n = 29) FHx (-) (n = 500)
Age, median (range) 52 (30.0-78.0) 57 (18.0-89.0) < 0.0001 57 (29.0-79.0) 61 (22.0-88.0) 0.164
Age group < 45 26 (19.1) 197 (12.5) 0.028 5 57 0.244
≥ 45 110 (80.9) 1380 (87.5) 24 443
Stage 1 17 (12.5) 122 (7.7) 0.018 1 (2.2) 45 (9.0) 0.364
2 46 (33.8) 443 (28.1) 8 (27.6) 159 (31.8)
3 26 (19.1) 473 (30.0) 12 (41.4) 137 (27.4)
4 47 (34.6) 539 (34.2) 8 (27.6) 159 (31.8)
non-HBV HCV 16 (55.2) 280 (56.0) 0.481
Alcohol 2 (6.9) 68 (13.6)
Combined 0 (0.0) 2 (0.4)
Others 5 (17.2) 45 (9.0)
Unknown 6 (20.7) 105 (21.0)

HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; FHx: Family history.