Table 3.
Correlation between hepatitis B s antigen and laboratory parameters in different phases
| IT (n = 108) |
IC (n = 161) |
ENH (n = 149) |
LR (n = 135) |
LC (n = 70) |
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| r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | |
| Age | 0.153 | 0.144 | 0.025 | 0.757 | -0.053 | 0.519 | -0.102 | 0.319 | 0.254 | 0.134 |
| HBV-DNA (log10 IU/mL) | 0.287 | 0.003 | 0.683 | < 0.001 | 0.342 | < 0.001 | 0.156 | 0.071 | 0.177 | 0.143 |
| ALT (U/L) | -0.119 | 0.107 | -0.102 | 0.198 | 0.102 | 0.215 | -0.057 | 0.422 | -0.093 | 0.445 |
| AST (U/L) | 0.060 | 0.535 | -0.072 | 0.161 | 0.034 | 0.681 | -0.011 | 0.880 | -0.082 | 0.499 |
HBV: Hepatitis B virus; IT: Immune tolerance phase; IC: Immune clearance phase; ENH: Hepatitis B e antigen negative hepatitis; LR: Low-replicative; LC: Liver cirrhosis induced by HBV.