Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics of Study Subjects

Variable	SR	CLD
No. of subjects	107	206
Sex (Male/Female)	80/27	158/48
Age (mean±SD)	46.04±8.40	42.86±9.62
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L, mean±SD)	30.62±25.45	93.67±161.74
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L, mean±SD)	39.40±29.40	107.36±170.25
Albumin (g/dL, mean±SD)	4.40±0.26	3.96±0.61
Bilirubin (mg/dL, mean±SD)	0.90±0.35	1.71±2.88

Age, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, albumin, and bilirubin are summarized and expressed as the mean±SD (standard deviation).

SR, spontaneous recovery; CLD, chronic liver disease induced by hepatitis B virus.