Table 1. Clinical Characteristic of Studied Subjects^a.

Group	NC	AsC	CHB
Case	10	33	36
Sex	-	-	-
Male	7	25	29
Female	3	8	7
Age, y	28.4 ± 7.3	26.7 ± 8.4	31.3 ± 8.7
ALT, U/L b	25.1 ± 4.2	31.4 ± 9.5	131.8 ± 80.4
T-BIL, μmol/L	10.8 ± 3.6	15.9 ± 6.2	18.3 ± 11.0
HBV DNA, log10 copies/mL	Undetectable	7.54 ± 0.89	7.82 ± 1.30

^a Abbreviations: NC, Normal Controls; AsC, Asymptomatic hepatitis B virus Carriers; CHB, Chronic Hepatitis B infection; ALT alanine aminotransferase,; T-BIL total bilirubin ; HBV, hepatitis B virus; DNA deoxyribonucleic acid.

^b The upper limits of normal are 44 U/L for men and 38 U/L for women.