Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics and clinical parameters of the respondents (because some respondents did not answer all questions, the numbers of valid responses for characteristics differ).

Characteristic		HC		CHB		HB cirrhosis
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender∗∗	Male	22	50.0	68	69.4	39	69.6
	Female	22	50.0	30	30.6	17	30.4
Age∗∗##	<40 years	29	64.4	20	20.4	3	5.4
	40–50 years	10	22.2	37	37.8	15	26.8
	50–60 years	2	4.4	28	28.6	28	50.0
	≥60 years	4	8.9	13	13.3	10	17.9
Education∗∗##	Elementary school or less	2	4.3	45	45.9	35	62.5
	Middle/high school	27	58.7	48	49.0	21	37.5
	College/postgraduate	17	37.0	5	5.1	0	0.0
Marital status∗∗	Unmarried	13	28.3	6	6.1	0	0.0
	Married	28	60.9	86	87.8	52	92.9
	Separated	5	10.9	6	6.1	4	7.1
Household monthly income/person∗∗#	<1500 yuan	4	9.1	28	28.6	21	37.5
	1500–3000 yuan	3	6.8	27	27.6	17	30.4
	≥3000 yuan	37	84.1	43	43.9	18	32.1
Compliance#	Poor	—	—	13	13.4	1	1.9
	Medium	—	—	20	20.6	14	25.9
	Good	—	—	64	66.0	39	72.2
Cognitive recognition of disease	Low	—	—	14	14.3	8	14.3
	Medium	—	—	22	22.4	17	30.4
	High	—	—	62	63.3	31	55.4
Disease course	≤2 years	—	—	28	28.6	16	29.1
	3–7 years	—	—	34	34.7	21	38.2
	≥7 years	—	—	36	36.7	18	32.7

^∗ p < 0.05 and ^∗∗p < 0.01 HB (both groups) vs. HCs. ^#p < 0.05 and ^##p < 0.01 CHB vs. HB cirrhosis.