Post-partum reactivation of chronic hepatitis B virus infection among hepatitis B e-antigen-negative women

Table 1 Pre-partum (3^rd trimester of pregnancy) hematological, biochemical and virological characteristics of chronic hepatitis B virus-infected patients

	Overall population	No-reactivation	HBV-reactivation	P value
Patients, n	27	19	8
Hct	35.9% ± 4.0%	35.1% ± 3.0%	37.8% ± 5.6%	0.312
Hb, g/dL	12.0 ± 1.4	11.6 ± 1.1	12.7 ± 1.8	0.207
WBC, n	8.677 ± 2.835	8.835 ± 3.122	8.308 ± 2.231	0.444
PNL	67.3% ± 10.3%	68.8% ± 11.0%	62.3% ± 6.2%	0.008
LYMPHO	24.3% ± 9.1%	23.1% ± 9.8%	28.5% ± 5.2%	0.035
MONO	5.9% ± 1.8%	5.6% ± 1.9%	6.8% ± 1.0%	0.192
PLT, /103	209 ± 41	212 ± 45	202 ± 31	0.968
AST, IU/L	27.6 ± 14.7	23.8 ± 6.9	35.3 ± 22.8	0.585
ALT, IU/L	30.6 ± 28.2	22.2 ± 13.0	47.3 ± 42.4	0.094
GGT, IU/L	12.8 ± 6.8	14.2 ± 7.2	9.8 ± 5.4	0.210
LDH, IU/L	203.8 ± 85.6	180.6 ± 79.5	250.2 ± 88.8	0.214
TBIL, mg/dL	0.51 ± 0.29	0.53 ± 0.34	0.47 ± 0.19	1.000
DBIL, mg/dL	0.22 ± 0.20	0.26 ± 0.24	0.15 ± 0.06	0.462
TPROT, g/dL	6.67 ± 0.58	6.84 ± 0.48	6.23 ± 0.66	0.138
ALB, g/dL	3.59 ± 0.39	3.71 ± 0.32	3.25 ± 0.39	0.078
GLOB, g/dL	3.07 ± 0.39	3.10 ± 0.42	2.97 ± 0.34	0.661
HBV DNA ≥ 10000 IU/mL, n (%)	6 (22.2)	1 (5.2)	5 (62.5)	0.004

HBV: Hepatitis B virus; Hct: Hematocrit; Hb: Hemoglobin; WBC: White blood cells; PNL: Polynuclear cells; LYMPHO: Lymphocytes; MONO: Monocytes; PLT: Platelets; AST: Aspartate transaminase; ALT: Alanine transaminase; GGT: Gamma-glutamate transpeptidase; LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase; TBIL: Total bilirubin; DBIL: Direct bilirubin; TPROT: Total protein; ALB: Albumin; GLOB: Globulins.