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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the responders and non-responders

From: Quantification of serum hepatitis B surface antigen in predicting the response of pegylated interferon alfa-2a in HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B with prior lamivudine exposure

Variables

Responders

Non-responders

P-value

The number of patients (N,%)

12(26.1%)

34(73.9%)

 

Age (years)

33.8±4.6

35.7±5.8

0.3113

Male (N,%)

8(66.7%)

24(70.6%)

1.0000

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.6±2.1

22.1±1.9

0.4496

ALT (U/L)

168.5±54.2

131.7±67.9

0.0976

HBV DNA (log copies/mL)

6.1±1.3

6.4±0.5

0.2588

HBsAg (log IU/mL)

4.2±0.5

4.4±0.7

0.3686

Duration of prior LAM exposure (years)

1.5±0.6

1.7±0.5

0.2643