Table 1 Clinical and virologic characteristics of CHB-M, CHB-S and ACLF patients.

From: A cross-talk between Hepatitis B virus and host mRNAs confers viral adaptation to liver

characteristic

CHB-M

CHB-S

ALCF

P value

No. of patients

186

119

138

 

Mean ± SD age (yr)

40.82 ± 13.46

38.65 ± 13.23

46.28 ± 11.87

<0.01

Gender (no. of M/no. of F)

162/24

101/18

102/36

0.0575

No.(%) of patients with the miR-122 MRE variation

16(8.6)

12(10.1)

15(10.9)

0.976

No.(%) of patients with HBeAg positive

115(61.8)

49(41.2)

39(28.3)

<0.01

No. of HBV DNA copies/ ml

Mean

1.64 × 107

1.39 × 107

1.3 × 107

0.682

Range

1020-1.6 × 109

500-2.64 × 108

505-5.3 × 108

 

Mean ± SD (IU/liter)

ALT

128.8 ± 192.1

456.5 ± 377.1

257.7 ± 388.4

<0.01

AST

99.2 ± 114.3

289.3 ± 269.6

293. ± 426.4

<0.01

  1. HBV, hepatitis B virus; CHB-M, mild chronic hepatitis B; CHB-S, severe chronic hepatitis B; ACLF, acute-on-chronic liver failure; M, male; F, female; HBeAg, hepatitis B virus e antigen; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase.