Table 1 Demographic characteristics of samples used in this study.

From: Identification and characterization of SEC24D as a susceptibility gene for hepatitis B virus infection

Characteristic

Family sample

Population sample

CHBVI

Sib-Controls

CHBVI

Unrelated Controls

Sample size

300

300

1648

1439

Age (years)

39.5 ± 11.3

39.3 ± 11.7

40.7 ± 12.0

38.2 ± 12.1

Female (%)

110 (36.7%)

169 (56.3%)

428 (26.0%)

535 (37.2%)

HBV-DNA (×108 copies/mL)

6.6 ± 46.1

—

2.0 ± 8.4

—

HBsAg (×103 IU/mL)

1.2 ± 1.8

—

2.8 ± 3.4

—

Albumin (g/L)

44.0 ± 7.2

47.7 ± 3.7

52.6 ± 168.1

47.9 ± 6.6

ALT (U/L)

80.9 ± 127.2

22.0 ± 15.2

66.3 ± 127.2

25.3 ± 26.4

TBIL (μmol/L)

44.3 ± 97.3

11.4 ± 5.7

35.7 ± 242.1

13.3 ± 16.7

  1. Notes: Continuous variables are shown as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. ALT = alanine aminotransferase; CHBVI = chronic hepatitis B virus infection; TBIL = total bilirubin.
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