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Epidemiologic and viral Characteristics and Associations
| Variables | n (%) | Precore status | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutant | Wild type | ||||
| Sex | Male | 144 (79.12) | 71 (49) | 73 (51) | > 0.05 |
| Female | 38 (20.88) | 20 (51) | 18 (49) | ||
| HBeAg | Positive | 13 (7.1) | 1 (7.7) | 12 (92.3) | 0.037 |
| Negative | 169 (92.9) | 61 (36.1) | 108 (63.9) | ||
| HBeAb | Positive | 159 (87.4) | 73 (46) | 86 (54) | > 0.05 |
| Negative | 23 (12.6) | 11 (47.8) | 12 (52.2) | ||
| Anti-HBc IgM | Positive | 4 (2.2) | 0 (0) | 4 (100) | > 0.05 |
| Negative | 178 (97.8) | 62 (34.83) | 116 (65.17) | ||
