Table 3.

Prevalence of anti-HBc, HBsAg and anti-HBs in relatives of CHB probands

Markers	Asian	(%)	Western	(%)	p
Anti-HBc+	181/305*	59.3%	77/209**	36.8%	<0.0001
HBsAg+	89/313	28.4%	21/211	9.9%	<0.0001
Anti-HBc+/ Anti-HBs+	80/305*	26.2%	54/209**	25.8%	0.9977
Isolated anti-HBc+	12/305*	3.9%	2/209**	0.9%	0.0782

* anti-HBc was not done in 8 relatives; ** anti-HBc was not done in 2 relatives.