Immunologic Characterization of Posthepatitis Cirrhosis Caused by HBV and HCV Infection

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and clinical features.

Characteristics	HBV-Cirrhosis (𝑛=42)	HCV-Cirrhosis (𝑛=40)	Hepatitis B Non-cirrhotic (𝑛=26)	Healthy Controls (𝑛=21)
Sex	22 male (52%)‡	20 male (50%)‡	14 male (54%)‡	11 male (52%)‡
Age (Years)	50 (33–77)†	55 (43–73)†	52 (26–70)†	59 (27–69)†
ALT (units/L)	54.0 (13.4–526.6)†	54.5 (12.9–191)†	72.5 (43.2–458)†	<40
AST (units/L)	68.0 (22.2–458)†	57.8 (19.0–245.6)†	80.3 (44.9–487)†	<40
TBIL (𝜇mol/L)	41.9 (9.4–403.4)†	20.5 (10.1–245.6)†	44.6 (15.8–368)†	<17.1
Viral loads (log10 copies/ml)	4.5 (3.0–7.3)†	3.6 (3.0–5.6)†	4.2 (3.0–6.9)†	NA
Child-Pugh classification
A	12 (29%)‡	13 (33%)‡	NA	NA
B	19 (46%)‡	16 (40%)‡	NA	NA
C	11 (25%)‡	11 (27%)‡	NA	NA

Normal values: ALT, ≤40 IU/L; AST, ≤40 IU/L, TBIL ≤17.1 𝜇mol/l; HBV DNA and HCV RNA ≤3 log₁₀copies/ml; † Data are expressed as median (range); ‡ Data are expressed as %.