Table 2. Epidemiological analysis of pre-existing mutations in HBV RT region.

	Group with mutations	Group without mutations	P-value
	(n = 43)	(n = 125)
Genotype Type B	17	51	0.884
Type C	26	74
Gender Male	36	94	0.249
Female	7	31
HBeAg Positive	27	82	0.739
Negative	16	43
Age ≥40 years old	25	63	0.381
<40 years old	18	62
HBV DNA ≥106 copies/mL	22	81	0.113
<106 copies/mL	21	44
ALT * ≥10N	12	44	0.348
<10N	31	79

HBeAg, hepatitis B e antigen; HBV, hepatitis B virus; ALT, alanine aminotransferase;

*N = 166.