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Table 1.

Characteristics of 70 patients with HBV DNA detected by ddPCR

Characteristics	HBeAg⁺ n = 14	HBeAg⁻ n = 56
Age, y, mean (range)	33 (16–60)	34 (18–50)
Sex, female/male	5/9	23/33
Geographic origin, A/EA/ME/NE/SE	2/3/4/4/1	3/9/27/8/9
HBV DNA in serum, log₁₀ copies/mL, mean	8.21	4.41
HBsAg in serum, log₁₀ IU/mL, mean	4.38	3.52
Genotype, A/B/C/D	3/2/2/7	11/6/3/36
ALT/upper limit of normal, mean	2.26	1.19
ALT/upper limit of normal ≥2	5	4

Abbreviations: A, Africa; ALT, alanine transaminase; ddPCR, droplet digital polymerase chain reaction; EA, East Asia; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; HBV, hepatitis B virus; ME, Middle East; NE, North Europe; SE, South Europe.