Table 4. Distribution of S-gene variants of Omani HBV isolates.
| No mutation | S-gene mutations | ||||||
| Count | Mean | Median | Count | Mean | Median | ||
| Region | North | 118 | – | – | 19 | – | – |
| South | 30 | – | – | 3 | – | – | |
| Gender | F | 46 | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| M | 102 | – | – | 16 | – | – | |
| Age | 148 | 37 | 33 | 22 | 44 | 41 | |
| HBeAg | ND | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Neg | 72 | – | – | 9 | – | – | |
| Pos | 73 | – | – | 12 | – | – | |
| Anti-HBe | ND | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Neg | 77 | – | – | 12 | – | – | |
| Pos | 68 | – | – | 9 | – | – | |
| HBV Genotype | A | 27 | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| C | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| D | 114 | – | – | 16 | – | – | |
| D-A | 3 | – | – | 0 | – | – | |
| D-C | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | – | |
| E | 2 | – | – | 0 | – | – | |
| Viral loada | 148 | 4,55 | 4,56 | 22 | 4,03 | 3,52 | |
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Values are given as log10 international units (IU)/ml; ND: Not done; F = female, M = male.