Table 1. Laboratory and Demographic Information of CHB Patients and Healthy Controls.

	CHB Patients	Healthy Controls
Age, y, Mean ± SD	35 ± 9	38.41 ± 7
Liver function tests (LFT)
ALT, Mean ± SD	27 ± 12	28 ± 9
AST, Mean ± SD	28 ± 11	29 ± 5
ALP, Mean ± SD	270 ± 40	240 ± 20
Sex
Male, No. (%)	28 (46.6%)	31 (48.3%)
Female, No. (%)	32 (53.4%)	29 (51.7%)

Abbreviations: ALT, Alanine aminotransferase; AST, Aspartate aminotransferase; ALP, Alkaline phosphatase; CHB, Chronic HBV Infection.