Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients and normal controls (mean ± SD).
| Parameters | IT patients (HBV-DNA >104 copies/mL) |
ISC patients (HBV-DNA <104 copies/mL) |
Normal controls |
|---|---|---|---|
| n | 21 | 23 | 10 |
| Age (years) | 30.36 ± 7.79 | 33.15 ± 6.91 | 29.10 ± 4.33 |
| Sex (male/female) | 10/1 | 11/2 | 6/4 |
| ALT (IU/L) | 36.45 ± 16.94 | 29.62 ± 13.91 | 30.10 ± 11.82 |
| AST (IU/L) | 30.64 ± 11.84 | 29.23 ± 10.03 | 26.90 ± 12.13 |
| HBV-DNA (lg copies/mL) | 6.42 ± 1.07* | 3.32 ± 3.93 | — |
| Genotype (type B/C) | 4/17 | 9/14 | — |
Note: * P < 0.01 versus ISC patients.