Table 4.

Percentages of elevated ALT in HBsAg-positive and HBsAg-negative groups

	HBsAg-positive						HBsAg-negative
	<38 UI/L			>38 UI/L			<38 UI/L			>38 UI/L
	No. positive/Mean			No. positive/Mean			No. positive/Mean			No. positive/Mean
Serum		ALT ± SD	%		ALT ± SD	%		ALT ± SD	%		ALT ± SD	%
ALT	no. test			no. test			no. test			no. test
Male	398/499	20.19	79.8	101/499	65.62	20.2	3364/3660	17.34	91.9	296/3660	54.63	8.1
		7.50			50.84			7.66			20.41
Female	501/557	17.65	89.9	56/557	57.86	10.1	4920/5139	14.59	95.7	219/5139	57.85	4.3
		7.06			20.02			6.34			30.78
Total	899/1056	18.76	84.7	157/1056	62.85	15.3	8284/8799	16.69	93.7	515/8799	56.00	6.3
		7.35			42.57			6.79			25.37