Table 1 Difference of Hepatitis B patients serum parameters between responders and non-responders at baseline or one-year after PEG-IFN therapy.

From: Baseline value of intrahepatic HBV DNA over cccDNA predicts patient’s response to interferon therapy

Characteristics

Non-responders

P

Responders

P

Baseline

One-year after IFN

Baseline

One-year after IFN

Age (years) (Mean ± SD)

26.55 ± 4.76

 

24.50 ± 5.21

 

Gender (Male/Female)

9/2

 

3/3

 

Therapeutic

Peg-IFN-alpha (n = 11)

 

Peg-IFN-alpha (n = 6)

 

Drug dosage

180 ug/week

 

180 ug/week

 

Treatment time (weeks)

44.7 ± 5.6

 

42 ± 6.57

 

HBV DNA (Log10 IU/mL)

8.03 ± 0.36

5.52 ± 2.15

0.018*

8.28 ± 0.46

2.55 ± 1.42

0.000*

HBsAg (Log10 IU/mL)

4.16 ± 1.11

3.61 ± 1.02

0.267

4.45 ± 0.43

1.66 ± 1.18

0.002*

HBeAb (COL)

4.92 ± 2.48

2.72 ± 2.32

0.240

4.55 ± 1.28

0.46 ± 0.53

0.001*

ALT (IU/L)

119.18 ± 60.43

63.73 ± 28.22

0.032*

147.50 ± 99.64

47.17 ± 33.86

0.005*

AST (IU/L)

69.00 ± 38.91

44.36 ± 23.87

0.439

105.83 ± 70.51

38.17 ± 17.93

0.046*

ALB (g/L)

13.30 ± 4.78

9.84 ± 3.07

0.121

12.35 ± 4.79

11.78 ± 4.21

0.240

TBIL (mg/dL)

43.86 ± 2.76

45.44 ± 2.14

0.062

43.58 ± 2.61

45.18 ± 0.90

0.816

  1. *Represent statistical difference.