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Table 2 Characteristics of blood donors negative for HBsAg and positive for anti-HBc/anti-HBs

From: Hepatitis B surface gene variants isolated from blood donors with overt and occult HBV infection in north eastern Egypt

 

Total (n = 44)

Anti-HBc positive/anti-HBs positive (n = 17)

Anti-HBc positive/anti-HBs negative (n = 27)

P-value

Age (Mean ± SD )

30 ± 7.1

32.3 ± 6.7

28.3 ± 7.2

0.055

ALT (U/L)

20.5 ± 15.9

20.9 ± 15.9

20.2 ± 16.2

NS

HBV DNA S region (+)

10 (22.7 %)

5 (29.4 %)

5(18.5 %)

NS

MHR substitutions

    

T125M

2/10 (20 %)

1/5

1/5

NS

Q129R

4/10 (40 %)

3/5

1/5

NS