Table 5 The proportion of subjects who seroconverted or cleared serum HBV DNA by age of recruitment and interval after recruitment
From: Changes in viral load and HBsAg and HBeAg status with age in HBV chronic carriers in The Gambia
a) HBsAg seroconversion | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Age (yrs) at recruitment | Interval after recruitment | ||
First 5 years | 5–9 years | 10–19 years | |
*1–4 | 18/60 (30%) | 1/33 (3.3%) | 1/29 (3%) |
*5–9 | 13/62 (21%) | 0/27 | 0/22 |
10–14 | 7/23 (30%) | 0/4 | 0/5 |
15–19 | 4/15 (27%) | 0/0 | 0/0 |
b) | |||
HBeAg seroconversion | |||
Age (yrs) at recruitment | First 5 years | 5–9 years | 10–19 years |
*1–4 | 12/36 (33%) | 6/16 (37%) | 7/10 (70%) |
*5–9 | 10/29 (34%) | 4/12 (33%) | 5/7 (71%) |
10–14 | 4/11 (36%) | 1/2 (50%) | 1/1 (100%) |
15–19 | 1/4 (25%) | 0/0 | 0/0 |
c) | |||
Serum HBV DNA clearance | |||
Age (yrs) at recruitment | First 5 years | 5–9 years | 10–19 years |
*1–4 | 8/23 (34.7%) | 4/12 (33.3%) | 2/16 (12.5%) |
*5–9 | 5/29 (17.2% | 3/11 (27.2%) | 1/12 (8.3%) |
10–14 | 1/9 (11.1%) | 0/2 (0%) | 0/4 (0%) |
15–19 | 1/3 (33.3%) | 0/0 | 0/0 |