Liver Cancer
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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2006; 12(41): 6620-6626
Published online Nov 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i41.6620
Table 2 Demographic and virologic characteristics of precore 1896 mutants
CharacteristicMutantWild typeP
Number112270
Age (yr) (mean ± SD)49.7 ± 14.847.3 ± 15.10.16
Male/Female77/35192/780.6
Asian/Non-Asian99/13201/690.002
Genotype, n (%)< 0.0001
A2/93 (2.1)54/227 (23.8)
B53/93 (56.9)39/227 (17.2)
C38/93 (40.9)128/227 (56.4)
Baseline HBV-DNA level (mean ± SD, copies/mL)5.5 ± 2.0 Log106.5 ± 2.3 Log10< 0.0001
HBeAg, n (%)< 0.0001
+33/109 (30.1)161/268 (60.1)
76/109 (69.7)107/268 (39.9)