Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of chronic HBV and comparator groups.
Characteristic | Chronic HBV | Chronic HBV Cohort 2 | Healthy controls | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cohort 1 | (Pre and post-Adefovir groups) | |||
Subjects | 18 | 16 | 20 | |
Gender, M(F) | 12(6) | 11(5) | 10(8) | |
Age, median yrs. (range) | 42.1(18–70) | 38.5(17–71) | 35.1(24–65) | |
Race | Asians | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Africans | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
African Americans | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Caucasians | 1 | 12 | 8 | |
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ALT, median U/ml (range) | 26(14–100) | — | NA | |
Baseline viremia, IU/ml, median (range) | 71963 | 3.9 × 109 | NA | |
(245–4.5 × 106 IU/ml) | (7660–1.14 × 1011 IU/ml) | |||
HBeAg+ | 1 | 16 | NA | |
HIV+ | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
