TABLE 4.

Seroprevalence of IgG and IgM anti-HEV in other liver disease controls^a

Liver disease	Patients		No. (%) of patients with seroprevalence for:
	No.	Age (yr)b	IgG anti-HEV	IgM anti-HEV
Acute
Hepatitis A	26	30 ± 11	1 (3.8)	3 (11.5)
Hepatitis B	27	35 ± 15	0 (0)	0 (0)
Hepatitis C	27	49 ± 17	3 (11.1)	0 (0)
Hepatitis D	34	43 ± 18	5 (14.7)	0 (0)
Chronic
Chronic hepatitis B with acute exacerbation	36	46 ± 16	5 (14.3)	0 (0)
Autoimmune hepatitis	6	42 ± 21	1 (16.7)	0 (0)
Primary biliary cirrhosis	5	63 ± 10	0 (0)	0 (0)

^aAll serum samples were negative for HEV RNA. 

^bMean ± SD.