Table 1 Clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) before and after 5 years of entecavir treatment.

From: Increasing plasma ADAMTS13 activity is associated with HBeAg seroconversion in chronic hepatitis B patients during 5 years of entecavir treatment

Variable

CHB (n = 114)

Healthy control (n = 88)

p-valuesa

p-valuesb

Baseline

Year 5

Sex (male/female)

84/30

—

59/29

0.304c

NA

Age (years)

35.1 ± 9.6

—

36.4 ± 10.5

0.870

NA

HBV genotype (B/C/D)

53/44/17

—

—

NA

NA

Metavir score (F0–F1/F2–F3)

97/17

—

—

NA

NA

FIB-4

2.15 ± 1.22

1.07 ± 0.51

0.87 ± 0.37

0.000

0.016

ALT (U/L)

200.5 ± 102.2

21.7 ± 7.3

19.6 ± 6.27

0.000

0.000

AST (U/L)

126.0 ± 63.6

19.2 ± 7.8

20.7 ± 6.81

0.000

0.000

TB (umol/L)

15.6 ± 6.1

10.8 ± 3.8

10.1 ± 3.3

0.001

0.005

ALB (g/L)

45.6 ± 5.5

45.9 ± 5.7

48.1 ± 2.5

0.012

0.692

WBC (Ɨ109/L)

4.8 ± 1.2

5.4 ± 1.2

5.7 ± 1.1

0.058

0.082

PLT (Ɨ109/L)

159.1 ± 57.8

190.9 ± 45.9

214.1 ± 57.7

0.001

0.004

HBV DNA (log10 IU/mL)

7.5 ± 1.6

Undetectable

Undetectable

NA

NA

HBsAg (log10 IU/mL)

4.1 ± 0.8

3.1 ± 0.6

Undetectable

NA

0.002

HBeAg (PEIU/mL)

126.5 ± 65.5

0.74 ± 0.4

Undetectable

NA

0.000

VWF: Ag (U/L)

1491.4 ± 224.4

1060.4 ± 224.8

1026.4 ± 255.2

0.000

0.000

ADAMTS13: AC (U/mL)

815.4 ± 204.4

1341.4 ± 267.6

1669.2 ± 370.9

0.000

0.000

  1. Values expressed as mean ± standard deviation, unless otherwise indicated; VWF: Ag, VWF antigen; ADAMTS13: AC, ADAMTS13 activity; NA, not available.
  2. ap-values for differences between CHB baseline and healthy control are from Mann-Whitney U-test.
  3. bp-values for differences between CHB baseline and CHB year 5 are from two-tailed paired t tests.
  4. cp-values are from Chi-square test.