Identification of Endogenous Controls for Analyzing Serum Exosomal miRNA in Patients with Hepatitis B or Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of subjects enrolled in the study.

	Healthy controls ()		Hepatitis B patients ()		HCC patients ()
	Number	(%)	Number	(%)	Number	(%)
Gender
Male	39	78	37	74	41	82
Female	11	12	13	26	9	18
HBV status
HBsAg+	0	0	50	100	38	76
HBsAg−	50	100	0	0	12	24
Age (median, yr)
<40	6	12	5	10	4	8
40–60	36	72	35	70	36	72
>60	8	16	10	20	10	20