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. 2013 Jul 25;9(11):2474–2479. doi: 10.4161/hv.25814

Table 3. Immunogenicity of Hecolin® in HBsAg (+) and HBsAg (-) participants.

Anti-HEV IgG status HBsAg (+) HBsAg (-) P value
Baseline      
    Number 309 5,258  
    No. +ve (rate, %)& 144 (46.60) 2,515 (47.83) 0.6740
    GMC (95% CI, Wu/ml)* 0.53 (0.43, 0.65) 0.54 (0.51, 0.56) 0.8752
Antibody response      
Seroconversion rate (95% CI, %)    
    All 98.38 (96.26,99.47) 98.69 (98.34,98.98) 0.6053
    Baseline anti-HEV (+) 96.53 (92.08, 98.86) 97.46 (96.76, 98.03) 0.4207
    Baseline anti-HEV (-) 100.00 (97.79, 100.00) 99.82 (99.58, 99.94) 1.0000
GMC on 7 mo (95%CI, Wu/ml)*    
    All 19.32 (17.68, 21.12) 19.00 (18.59, 19.42) 0.7271
    Baseline anti-HEV (+) 25.33 (22.74, 28.21) 24.71 (24.14, 25.29) 0.6283
    Baseline anti-HEV (-) 15.25 (13.42, 17.34) 14.94 (14.44, 15.45) 0.7712

&No of participants who had baseline positive anti-HEV IgG, the ratio in the parenthesis is the positive rate in this group. *GMC, geometric mean concentration.