Table 1 Clinical, demographic and biochemical data of HCV patients with or without OBI.

From: Synergistic impact of mutations in Hepatitis B Virus genome contribute to its occult phenotype in chronic Hepatitis C Virus carriers

 

Total HCV Patients

HCV patients with OBI

HCV patients without OBI

p value

n = 213

n = 38

n = 175

Age (Year), median (range)

52 (6–80)

55 (14–78)

50 (6–80)

>0.05a

anti-HBs+/anti-HBc+ (%)

31 (14.6)

8 (21.1)

23 (13.1)

>0.05b

anti-HBs−/anti-HBc+ (%)

51 (23.9)

7 (18.4)

44 (25.1)

>0.05b

anti-HBs+/anti-HBc− (%)

23 (10.8)

5 (13.2)

18 (10.3)

>0.05b

anti-HBs−/anti-HBc− (%)

108 (50.7)

18 (47.4)

90 (51.4)

>0.05b

Sex, M:F

144:69

28:10

116:59

>0.05b

ALT (IU/L), median (range)

57.5 (11–237)

57 (19–117)

58 (11–237)

>0.05a

AST (IU/L), median (range)

76 (19–195)

76.65 (22–111)

76 (19–195)

>0.05a

Total bilirubin (mg/dL), median (range)

0.97 (0.4–5.8)

1.14 (0.5–5.4)

0.9 (0.4–5.8)

>0.05a

Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L), median (range)

141 (28–418)

140 (47.1–400)

151 (28–418)

>0.05a

OHBV-DNA (copies/mL), median (range)

NA

237.1 (10–1056)

NA

NA

HCV-RNA (copies/mL), median (range)

92867 (100–5 × 106)

49100 (100–6.5 × 105)

281050 (100–5 × 106)

>0.05a

  1. OBI, Occult HBV infection; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; IU, international unit; NA, Not Applicable.
  2. aMann Whitney test, p value.
  3. bFisher’s exact test, p value.