Long-term lamivudine treatment for chronic hepatitis B in Japanese patients: A project of Kyushu University Liver Disease Study

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Viral Hepatitis

World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2006; 12(4): 561-567
Published online Jan 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i4.561

Table 3 Forward stepwise logistic regression analysis for all independent factors contributing to virological response

Factors	Odds ratio	95% CI	P
(At baseline)
HBV DNA less than 6.81	434.7	104.1 - 2000	< 0.0001
HBeAg negativity	7.142	2.136 - 238.0	< 0.0001
Platelet count more than 10 0x 10⁹/L	4.625	1.242 - 17.22	0.0224
(During treatment)
Decline of HBV-DNA more than 3.21	51.13	11.21 - 233.0	< 0.0001
within 3 mo of the start of treatment

HBV, hepatitis B virus; HBeAg, hepatitis B e antigen; CI, confidence interval of odds ratios ¹Logarithmic transformed copies/mL.

Citation: Furusyo N, Takeoka H, Toyoda K, Murata M, Tanabe Y, Kajiwara E, Shimono J, Masumoto A, Maruyama T, Nomura H, Nakamuta M, Takahashi K, Shimoda S, Azuma K, Sakai H, Hayashi J, Group TKULDS. Long-term lamivudine treatment for chronic hepatitis B in Japanese patients: A project of Kyushu University Liver Disease Study. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12(4): 561-567
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v12/i4/561.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v12.i4.561

Furusyo N, Takeoka H, Toyoda K, Murata M, Tanabe Y, Kajiwara E, Shimono J, Masumoto A, Maruyama T, Nomura H, Nakamuta M, Takahashi K, Shimoda S, Azuma K, Sakai H, Hayashi J, Group TKULDS. Long-term lamivudine treatment for chronic hepatitis B in Japanese patients: A project of Kyushu University Liver Disease Study. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12(4): 561-567 [PMID: 16489669 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i4.561]

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