Revised cutoff values of ALT and HBV DNA level can better differentiate HBeAg (-) chronic inactive HBV patients from active carriers

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of HBsAg positive patients

Patients characteristics	Inactive carriers n = 228	Active carriers n = 339	P-value
M/F	170/58	225/114	0.038
Age	31.3 ± 12.1	32.75 ± 11.7	0.181
ALT (IU/L)	17.3 ± 4.3	70.3 ± 15.1	0.000
AST (IU/L)	15.9 ± 7.1	48.4 ± 22.6	0.000
HBV DNA (copies/mL)	4.9 × 10³	6.5 × 10⁸	0.000

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