HBeAg status | Number of cases (%) | HBV DNA by real-time-PCR | HBV DNA by HC2 assay | ||||||||
Detectable | U5detectable | Detectable | U5detectable | ||||||||
Positive | 39 (59.09)# | 39 (100) | 0 | 29 (74.36) | 10 (25.64) | ||||||
6.37 ± 1.89* | 7.13 ± 1.09* | ||||||||||
Negative | 27 (40.91) | 21 (77.78) | 6 (22.22) | 11 (40.74) | 16 (59.26) | ||||||
5.09 ± 1.65* | 6.46 ± 0.96* | ||||||||||
Total | 66 | 60 (90.91) | 6 (9.09) | 40 (60.61) | 26 (39.39) | ||||||
5.93 ± 1.90* | 6.95 ± 1.08* |
#Figure within parentheses indicates percentage; *HBV DNA (mean ± SD) [log10 (copies/ml)]. PCR: Polymerase chain reaction; HBV: Hepatitiis B virus; HC2; Hybrid capture 2