Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the HBV patients included in this study

Variables	Number (%) of patients (N=617)
Age (Mean ± SD *)	42.2 ± 11.1
Gender
Male	417 (67.6)
Female	200 (32.4)
Smoking status
Never	412 (66.8)
Ever	205 (33.2)
Drinking status
Never	376 (60.9)
Ever	241 (39.1)
Cirrhosis
No	390 (63.2)
Yes	227 (36.8)
Family history of HBV infection
No	305 (49.4)
Yes	312 (50.6)
Family history of cirrhosis
No	501 (81.2)
Yes	116 (18.8)
Family history of cancer
No	407 (66.0)
Yes	210 (34.6)
AFP
≤ median	300 (48.6)
> median	317 (51.4)

^*SD, standard deviation