Table 3.

HBV Characteristics in HIV-HBV co-infected subjects by HBeAg status

	Overall N=113	HBeAg-negative N=56	HBeAg-positive N=57
Median ALT (IQR)(U/L)*	25.5 (19.0–38.0)	23 (17.5–33.0)	28 (21.9–49.0)
Median AST (IQR)(U/L)*	34.0 (27.0–44.0)	31.5 (24.0–40.0)	36 (29.0–55.0)
Detectable HBV DNA (>200 IU/ml (%))*	91.2	83.9	98.2
Median HBV DNA (IQR)(log IU/ml)*	5.1 (2.7–8.1)	2.7 (2.3–4.4)	8.0 (5.6–8.6)
HBV genotype (number)†
A	68	33	35
C	5	2	3
D	15	4	11
E	4	1	3
F	3	0	3
AAL reactivity (number)‡
1–2	39	18	21
3–5	48	26	22
>5	16	8	8

^*P< 0.05 comparing HBeAg-negative to HBeAg-positive

^†HBV genotype not determined in 15 due to inability to amplify

^‡Missing in 12 subjects