Table 2.
Characteristics of 160 patients with chronic HBV infection, classified by HBV genotype.
| Characteristics | HBV genotype |
p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D (n = 135) | A (n = 18) | E (n = 7) | ||
| Mean age (years) | 42.9 + 4.9 | 39.7 + 4.1 | 41.4 + 5.3 | 0.12 |
| Gender (male/female) | 102/33 | 16/2 | 6/1 | 0.28 |
| Total bilirubin (μmol/L; normal: 3–17) | 16.5 ± 1.4 | 16.4 ± 1.3 | 16.2 ± 1.2 | 0.85 |
| Albumin (g/L; normal: 34–50) | 39 ± 2.1 | 39.5 ± 2.7 | 40.4 ± 2.7 | 0.19 |
| Serum AST (U/L; normal: 15–37) | 95.9 + 29.1 | 73.4 + 31.6 | 81.3 + 32.1 | 0.06 |
| Serum ALT (U/L; normal: 25–65) | 167.1 + 59.2 | 161.2 + 56.1 | 193.3 + 55 | 0.48 |
| HBeAg (positive/negative, n) | 55/80 | 13/5 | 3/4 | 0.01 |
| HBV DNA load (log10 copies/ml) | 1.2 × 106 | 1.8 × 105 | 2.3 × 105 | 0.25 |