Table 4. Demographical and clinical background of patients with OBI and chronic HBV infection.

Variable	HBV (n = 17)	OBI (n = 5)	p-value
Sex (male)	68.75%	80%	0.85a
Age mean (SD)	56 (9.3)	51(13.7)	0.718b
AST median (IR)	54 (37.5–81.5)	50 (42,5–140) 66 (46.2–130)	0.67c
ALT median (IR)	36 (26–65.5)	39 (29.5–124.5) 45.5 (33.7–119)	0.62c

ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase. SD: Standard deviation, IR: Interquartile range.

^a χ² test.

^b t student test.

^c Mann-Whitney U test.