TABLE 1.

Clinical demographics of HBV-infected patients who supplied the serum used in the whole-blood assay

Parameter	Value according to HBeAg status		P valuea
	Positive (n = 13)	Negative (n = 20)
Age (yr)	29 ± 6	44 ± 14	<0.011
Male gender (%)	54	65	NS
HBV genotype (proportion)	B (58%), C (25%), D (8%)	B (69%), C (25%), D (6%)	NS
HBV DNA (IU/ml)	1.47 × 109 ± 2.7 × 109	2.2 × 106 ± 4.9 × 106	NS
HBeAg (PE IU/ml)	2,254 × 103 ± 3.6 × 103	0	<0.011
HBsAg (IU/liter)	2.0 × 104 ± 2.6 × 104	5.9 × 103 ± 6.9 × 103	NS
ALT (IU/liter)	117 ± 76	68 ± 59	<0.032

^aNS, not significant.