Table 2.

Correlations between HBcrAg and HBV DNA, HBsAg, anti-HBc, HAI score, and Ishak fibrosis score at baseline and 78 weeks after ETV therapy.

	HBcrAg
	HBeAg-positive				HBeAg-negative
	Baseline		78-week		Baseline		78-week
Variables	r	P	r	P	r	P	r	P
HBV DNA	0.641	<0.001	−0.001	0.992	0.616	<0.001	−0.071	0.630
HBsAg	0.495	<0.001	0.164	0.116	0.221	0.115	0.208	0.151
Anti-HBc	−0.102	0.343	−0.263	0.014	0.050	0.614	−0.291	0.045
HAI	0.232	0.025	0.035	0.739	0.118	0.405	−0.157	0.283
F	−0.292	0.005	0.039	0.709	0.115	0.417	0.180	0.216

Anti-HBc: Anti-hepatitis B virus core antibody; F: Ishak fibrosis score; HAI: Histological activity index; HBcrAg: Hepatitis B core-related antigen; HBeAg: Hepatitis B e antigen; HBsAg: Hepatitis B surface antigen; HBV: Hepatitis B virus.