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Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Dec 29;21(1):125–135.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2021.12.038

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the full HBV-HIV analysis sample and paried biopsy subsample, overall and stratified by HBeAg status

Full analysis sample
Biopsy subsample
Total n=95 HBeAg positive n=58 HBeAg negative n=37 Total n=56 HBeAg positive n=33 HBeAg negative n=23
Age (years)
 Median (25th, 75th) 50 (46, 55) 49.5 (45, 54) 51 (47, 56) 50.5 (46, 54) 49 (46, 54) 52 (48, 56)
Male, n (%) 88 (92.6) 51 (87.9) 37 (100.0) 53 (94.6) 30 (90.9) 23 (100.0)
Race, n (%) n=93 n=57 n=36 n=54 n=32 n=22
 Non-Hispanic White 32 (34.4) 21 (36.8) 11 (30.6) 15 (27.8) 10 (31.3) 5 (22.7)
 Non-Hispanic Black 45 (48.4) 25 (43.9) 20 (55.6) 28 (51.9) 16 (50.0) 12 (54.5)
 Non-Hispanic Asian 5 (5.4) 2 (3.5) 3 (8.3) 4 (7.4) 1 (3.1) 3 (13.6)
 Other 11 (11.8) 9 (15.8) 2 (5.6) 7 (13.0) 5 (15.6) 2 (9.1)
Body mass index (kg/m2) n=92 n=56 n=36 n=54 n=32 n=22
 Median (25th, 75th) 25.8 (22.6, 30.0) 26.6 (22.5, 31.6) 25.2 (22.6, 27.3) 25.8 (22.8, 29.3) 25.8 (22.2, 30.0) 25.9 (23.3, 27.1)
Estimated years of HBV or HIV n=89 n=53 n=36 n=51 n=29 n=22
 Median (25th, 75th) 21 (15, 28) 22 (16, 26) 20 (11.5, 30) 22 (15, 28) 21 (16, 25) 22.5 (15, 30)
HBV treatment, n (%)
 Tenofovir alone/combination 84 (88.4) 52 (89.7) 32 (86.5) 51 (91.0) 31 (93.9) 20 (87.0)
 Entecavir alone/combination 8 (8.5) 4 (6.8) 4 (10.8) 5 (9.0) 2 (6.1) 3 (13.0)
 Lamivudine alone 1 (1.1) 1 (1.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 None 2 (2.1) 1 (1.7) 1 (2.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Nucleoside/Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor use, n (%) 91 (95.8) 55 (94.8) 36 (97.3) 54 (96.4) 32 (97.0) 22 (95.7)
ALT (U/L) n=91 n=56 n=35 n=55 n=22
 Median (25th, 75th) 24 (18, 39) 24 (17, 42.5) 27 (19, 37) 24 (18, 36) 24 (18, 34) 26.5 (19, 36)
AST (U/L) n=91 n=56 n=35 n=55 n=22
 Median (25th, 75th) 28 (22, 41) 27 (22, 38) 29 (22, 45) 27 (21,41) 27 (22, 32) 28.5 (21,48)
Total Bilirubin (mg/dL) n=90 n=55 n=35 n=54 n=32 n=22
 Median (25th, 75th) 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) 0.5 (0.3, 0.8) 0.5 (0.3, 0.6) 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) 0.5 (0.3, 0.8) 0.5 (0.3, 0.7)
Albumin (g/dL) n=91 n=56 n=35 n=55 n=22
 Median (25th, 75th) 4.4 (4.1,4.7) 4.5 (4.1,4.7) 4.4 (4.1,4.5) 4.4 (4.2, 4.7) 4.4 (4.2, 4.8) 4.4 (4.1,4.5)
Platelets (x103/mm3) n=93 n=35 n=55 n=22
 Median (25th, 75th) 197 (175, 234) 194 (175, 240) 200 (167, 226) 201 (174, 251) 226 (182, 263) 198.5 (164, 220)
FIB-4 n=91 n=56 n=35 n=55 n=22
 Median (25th, 75th) 1.4 (1.0, 1.9) 1.4 (1.0, 1.7) 1.5 (1.0, 2.2) 1.3 (1.0, 1.9) 1.2 (1.0, 1.6) 1.8 (1.0, 2.2)
HBeAg, n (%)
 Positive 58 (61.1) 58 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 33 (58.9) 33 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
HBeAg (log10 IU/mL) n=94 n=36 n=55 n=22
 Median (25th, 75th) 0.1 (−0.7, 1.4) 1.0 (0.1,2.1) −0.9 (−1.1, −0.6) 0.0 (−0.7, 1.2) 0.4 (0.1, 1.7) −0.8 (−1.1, −0.6)
HBsAg (log10 IU/mL) n=94 n=36 n=55 n=22
 Median (25th, 75th) 3.2 (2.8, 3.8) 3.4 (3.1,4.1) 2.6 (1.9, 3.3) 3.1 (2.5, 3.4) 3.3 (3.1,3.8) 2.2 (1.7, 3.1)
HBV DNA (log10 IU/mL)
 Median (25th, 75th) 1.2 (0.9, 1.8) 1.3 (1.1,3.4) 1.0 (0.8, 1.2) 1.1 (0.9, 1.7) 1.2 (1.0, 2.0) 1.0 (0.8, 1.2)
CD4 (cells/mm3) n=85 n=53 n=32 n=52 n=31 n=21
567 567 567 560 516 574
 Median (25th, 75th) (369, 680) (374, 680) (354.5, 695.5) (358.5, 672.5) (343, 629) (393, 718)
HIV RNA (copies/mL) n=85 n=53 n=32 n=50 n=31 n=19
 <20 68 (80.0) 39 (73.6) 29 (90.6) 43 (86.0) 25 (80.6) 18 (94.7)
 20 – <400 13 (15.3) 10 (18.9) 3 (9.4) 5 (10.0) 4 (12.9) 1 (5.3)
 400 – <10000 1 (1.2) 1 (1.9) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.0) 1 (3.2) 0 (0.0)
 ≥10000 3 (3.5) 3 (5.7) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.0) 1 (3.2) 0 (0.0)
HBV DNA (IU/mL) and HIV n=85 n=53 n=32 n=50 n=31 n=19
RNA (copies/mL) suppression status
 Suppressed (HBV DNA <1000, HIV RNA <400) 71 (83.5) 39 (73.6) 32 (100.0) 43 (86.0) 24 (77.4) 19 (100.0)
 Incompletely suppressed (HBV DNA ≥1000, HIV RNA <400) 10 (11.8) 10 (18.9) 0 (0.0) 5 (10.0) 5 (16.1) 0 (0.0)
 Not suppressed (HBV DNA ≥1000, HIV RNA ≥400) 4 (4.7) 4 (7.5) 0 (0.0) 2 (4.0) 2 (6.5) 0 (0.0)
HBV RNA (log10 U/mL)
 Median (25th, 75th) 3.8 (1.8, 5.6) 5.3 (3.9, 6.6) 1.4 (0.1,2.2) 3.5 (1.8, 5.5) 4.8 (3.6, 6.4) 1.8 (0.0, 2.5)
HBcrAg (log10 U/mL)
 Median (25th, 75th) 5.5 (3.4, 7.0) 6.3 (5.5, 8.2) 3.3 (1.9, 4.0) 5.3 (3.7, 6.5) 6.3 (5.4, 7.8) 3.3 (1.9, 4.3)

Accroymns: ALT, Alanine Aminotransferase; AST, Aspartate aminotransferase; CD4, Cluster of differentiation 4; DNA, Deoxyribonucleic acid; FIB-4, Fibrosis-4; HBcrAg, Hepatitis B core-related antigen; HBV, Hepatitis B virus; HCV, Hepatitis C virus; HDV, Hepatitis D virus; HIV, Human immunodeficiency virus; HBeAg, Hepatitis B e-antigen; HBsAg, Hepatitis B surface antigen; RNA, Ribonucleic acid.