Table 3.

Immunochemical characteristics of hepatitis B core antigen/hepatitis B surface antigen in hepatitis B envelop antigen-positive and hepatitis B envelop antigen-negative patients n (%)

Variables	HBeAg-positive (n = 14)		HBeAg-negative (n = 19)
Distribution,	HBcAg	HBsAg	HBcAg	HBsAg
Diffuse	11 (79)	5 (36)	0 (0)	6 (32)
Patchy	1 (7)	2 (14)	0 (0)	10 (53)
Rare	2 (14)	7 (50)	1 (5)	3 (15)
Pattern
Cytoplasmic (+)	1 (7)	-	0 (0)	-
Nuclear (+)	2 (14)	-	0 (0)	-
Mixed: Cyto/nuclear	11 (79)	-	1 (5)	-
Cytoplasmic (+)	-	11 (79)	-	14 (74)
Membranous (+)	-	1 (7)	-	0 (0)
Mixed: Cyto/memb	-	2 (14)	-	5 (26)

HBcAg: Hepatitis B core antigen; HBsAg: Hepatitis B surface antigen; HBeAg: Hepatitis B envelop antigen.