Clinical Trials Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2021.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 21, 2021; 27(11): 1101-1116
Published online Mar 21, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i11.1101
Table 1 Data regarding the patients’ baseline characteristics

Chronic hepatitis B patients
Hepatitis B cirrhosis patients
Observation group (n = 362)
Control group (n = 203)
Observation group (n = 96)
Control group (n = 129)
Sex: Males (%)291 (80.38)175 (86.20)a74 (77.08)119 (92.24) a
E antigen-positive patients (%)198 (54.69)123 (60.59)a30 (31.25)32 (24.80)
Age (yr)33 (25-40)39 (32-46)a59.50 (48-67)48 (41-58)
Median follow-up time10 (7-14)8 (6-9)a7 (5-8)7 (6-8)
HBV-DNA (log)7.14 (5.92-7.70)6.76 (5.63-7.29)4.77 (4.37-5.53)4.92 (4.06-5.57)
ALT188.62 (141.70-296.55)185.50 (135.01-260.25)98.73 (75.91-121.73)110.00 (78.10-202.00)
AST132.14 (100.00-173.57)135.00 (110.00-215.00)53.15 (40.77-122.58)76.00 (49.00-105.00)
TB27.00 (21.30-36.50)28.50 (21.00-41.25)39.10 (33.00-45.00)37.00 (18.00-51.00)a
ALB32.00 (26.00-37.70)36.00 (33.50-37.00)
PLT99.50 (58.00-120.00)107.00 (102.00-119.00)a
Diabetes (%)39 (10.77)21 (10.34)21 (21.87)26 (20.15)
Hypertension (%)29 (8.01)18 (8.86)23 (23.95)25 (19.37)
Family history of hepatocellular carcinoma (%)21 (5.80)10 (4.97)19 (19.76)27 (20.93)
REACH-B score10 (8-12)10 (8-12)