Table 1.

The comparisons conducted on the baseline characteristic in subjects included in both chronic hepatitis B (CHB) group and control group

Group	CHB group (n = 57)	Control group (n = 25)	P
Sex (M/F)	41/16	21/4	0.241
Age (year)	35.8 ± 10.5	31.2 ± 8.5	0.057
BMI (kg/cm2)	24.9 ± 2.5	25.3 ± 2.8	0.522
Drink history [case (%)]	31 (54.4%)	14 (56%)	0.892
ALT (U/L)	40.6 ± 5.2	32.8 ± 3.5	< 0.001
IP-10 (pg/mL)	285.7 ± 41.6	79.1 ± 33.8	< 0.001

M, male; F, female; BMI, body max index; ALT, Alanine aminotransferase; IP-10, interferon-gamma inducible protein 10; CHB, Chronic hepatitis B.