Table 3. Relationship between advanced liver injury and demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics of 27 patients with chronic hepatitis B HBeAg negative and viral load below 2000 IU/mL.
| Advanced Liver Injurya | P | ||
| Absent | Present | ||
| Age | 34.7 ± 9.2 | 38.8 ± 8.9 | 0.26 |
| Gender, male | 8 (50.0%) | 5 (45.5%) | 0.82 |
| Ethanolb | 10 (66.7%) | 5 (33.3%) | 0.38 |
| Viral load | 482.8 ± 580.0 | 701 ± 653.7 | 0.37 |
| AST | 30.8 ± 11.3 | 30.9 ± 10.6 | 0.98 |
| ALT | 50.4 ± 14.5 | 47.1 ± 8.9 | 0.51 |
| Total Bilirubin | 0.65 ± 0.3 | 1.15 ± 1.55 | 0.22 |
| Direct bilirubin | 0.09 ± 0.03 | 0.47 ± 1.21 | 0.25 |
| Total | 16 (59.3%) | 11 (40.7%) | |
a
Advanced liver injury = fibrosis ≥ 2 and/or Activity ≥ 2 by METAVIR classification; b Consumption of ethanol less than 40g/day for men and 20g/day for women.