Genotypes and Hot Spot Mutations of Hepatitis B Virus in Northwest Chinese Population and Its Correlation with Diseases Progression

Table 5

Patients with nt 1762/1764/1896/1899 mutations vulnerable to HBeAg negativity.

	HBeAg		OR (95% CI)
	Negative (%)	Positive (%)
Control	30 (32.26%)	63 (67.74%)
BCP mutant core (A1762/G1764 double only)	17 (53.13%)	15 (46.88%)	2.38 (1.05, 5.40)	0.038
Coincidence (A1762 and/or G1764/G1896 and/or G1899, triple/quadruples)	169 (80.09%)	42 (19.91%)	8.45 (4.87, 14.66)	<0.01