Figure 2.
Relationship between serum HBV pgRNA and HBV DNA. A, Serum HBV pgRNA levels were lower than HBV DNA levels in CHB patients. B, C, Correlation between serum HBV pgRNA and HBV DNA in all CHB patients, HBeAg(+) patients and HBeAg(−) patients. D, Serum HBV pgRNA levels were lower than HBV DNA levels in HBeAg(+) and HBeAg(−) CHB patients, and serum HBV pgRNA and HBV DNA levels were all significantly higher in HBeAg(+) patients than in HBeAg(−) patients. CHB, chronic hepatitis B; HBV, hepatitis B virus; pgRNA, pregenomic RNA. *P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001