TABLE 1.

Infant (n=725) hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) status at eight to 12 months of age according to maternal (n=715) hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) status

Infant HBsAg status	Maternal HBeAg status*
	HBeAg−	HBeAg+	Unknown	Total
HBsAg−	337	100	108	545
HBsAg+	0	6	1	7
Unknown	110	21	42	173
Total	447	127	151

Data presented as n.

^*10 sets of twins within this sample. There were 725 mother-infant pairs, consisting of 715 women and 725 infants. Maternal data points for women with twins were counted twice. − Negative; + Positive