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Table 2 Comparison of baseline characteristics between sustained responder and recurrence

From: Recurrence risk factors for chronic hepatitis B virus-infected patients who achieve functional cure with pegylated interferon-α-2b-based therapy: a multicenter pilot study

Characteristic

Sustained responder group

Recurrence group

P value

Patients enrolled, n

85

16

 

Male gender, n (%)

47 (55.29%)

10 (62.50%)

0.723

Age (years)

39.95 ± 8.90

39.81 ± 10.86

0.956

HBV DNA undetectable (< 50 IU/ml), n (%)

66 (77.65%)

13 (81.25%)

0.749

HBV DNA detectable (> 50 IU/ml), n (%)

19 (22.35%)

3 (18.75%)

 

HBsAg (IU/ml)

46.52 (4.88, 218.9)

57.12 (3.91, 286.2)

0.790

   HBsAg < 10 IU/ml, n (%)

28 (32.94%)

5 (31.25%)

 

   HBsAg 10 ~ 100 IU/ml, n (%)

27 (31.77%)

5 (31.25%)

 

   HBsAg 100 ~ 1000IU/ml, n (%)

25 (29.41%)

4 (25.00%)

 

   HBsAg > 1000 IU/ml, n (%)

5 (5.88%)

2 (12.50%)

 

HBeAg positive, n (%)

5 (5.88%)

0 (0.00%)

0.319

IHC with PEG-IFN-α-2b monotherapy, n (%)

23 (27.06%)

8 (50.00%)

0.421

CHB with PEG-IFN-α-2b add-on NAs therapy, n (%)

62 (72.94%)

8 (50.00%)

 

   ETV, n (%)

38 (61.30%)

4 (50.00%)

 

   TDF, n (%)

14 (22.58%)

3 (37.50%)

 

   TAF, n (%)

5 (8.06%)

1 (12.50%)

 

   TMF, n (%)

5 (8.06%)

0 (0.00%)

 

Blood routine test

   

   White blood cells (×109/L)

5.25 ± 1.37

5.50 ± 1.55

0.515

   Neutrophils (×109/L)

3.13 ± 0.96

3.18 ± 1.27

0.873

   Platelets (×109/L)

202.4 ± 54.97

220.7 ± 69.98

0.245

   Red blood cells (×1012/L)

4.92 ± 0.57

4.87 ± 0.44

0.718

   Hemoglobin (g/L)

149.4 ± 19.56

144.6 ± 18.91

0.368

Liver function

   

   ALT (U/L)

22.00 (15.50, 30.50)

24.00 (16.00, 32.00)

0.909

   AST (U/L)

22.00 (18.50, 26.00)

20.00 (18.00, 26.00)

0.291

   T-BIL (µmol/L)

16.60 (10.65, 22.25)

13.30 (10.20, 16.50)

0.172

   Total protein (g/L)

73.61 ± 8.38

72.59 ± 6.78

0.667

   Albumin (g/L)

49.08 ± 3.20

47.32 ± 4.08

0.071

   Globulin (g/L)

25.40 ± 3.29

25.46 ± 3.20

0.943

  1. HBV: hepatitis B virus; HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen; HBeAg: hepatitis B e antigen; IHC: inactive hepatitis B virus carrier; CHB: chronic hepatitis B; ETV: entecavir; TDF: tenofovir disoproxil fumarate; TAF: tenofovir alafenamide; TMF: tenofovir amibufenamide; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; T-BIL: total bilirubin