Figure 5

Correlation of HBpreSAg levels with HBV DNA copies in serum of HBeAg positive patients (A) and HBeAg negative (anti-HBe positive) patients (B). (A) The X axis indicates the average HBV DNA copies at different levels and the Y axis indicates the average absorbance of the HBpreSAg ELISA test at 450 nm corresponding to the different HBV DNA levels. (B) The detection rate of HBV DNA was analyzed at different levels of HBpreSAg present in serum as shown in the left panel. The rates of HBV DNA positives and negatives at each HBpreSAg level are shown at the top of each vertical bar. The white bars represent the number of HBV DNA negative patients and the black bars represent that of HBV DNA positive patients. The detection rate of HBpreSAg present in serum was analyzed at different levels of HBV DNA as shown in the right panel. The rates of HBpreSAg positives and negatives at each HBV DNA level are shown at the top of each vertical bar. The white bars represent the number of HBpreSAg negative patients and the black bars represent that of HBpreSAg positive patients.