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Baseline characteristics of study population with or without HBV seropositivity.
| Characteristics | HBV seropositive(n = 329) | Non-HBV seropositive(n = 105) | P |
| Age (yr) | 62.12±10.06 | 62.49±11.18 | 0.29 |
| Male (%) | 70.2 | 73.3 | 0.622 |
| Smoking (%) | 32.8 | 40.9 | 0.158 |
| Diabetes (%) | 14.6 | 15.2 | 0.515 |
| Hypertension (%) | 62.3 | 64.8 | 0.812 |
| Family history (%) | 13.7 | 7.6 | 0.123 |
| Hypercholesterolemia (%) | 21.6 | 22.9 | 0.787 |
