Research Article

Clinical Features and Resistance to Entecavir Monotherapy of Patients with Hepatitis B

Table 2

Comparison of clinical and histological characteristics between ETV monotherapy resistant and effective hepatitis B patients.

CharacteristicsResistant group (n = 15)Effective group (n = 97) value

Age at the beginning (years (median, IQR))48.0 (37.0–61.0)63.0 (54.5–71.0)
Gender (M/F (n, %))12 (80.0)/3 (20.0)48 (49.5)/49 (50.5)
Baseline AST (U/L (median, IQR))65.0 (25.0–83.0)35.0 (23.0–64.5)n. s.
Baseline ALT (U/L (median, IQR))95.0 (34.0–161.0)36.0 (21.0–74.8)
Prior NA exposure (yes/no (n, %))3 (20.0)/12 (80.0)18 (18.6)/79 (81.4)n. s.
Baseline HBeAg (+/−/unknown (n, %))10 (66.7)/5 (33.3)/0 (0.0)31 (32.0)/52 (53.6)/14 (14.4)
Baseline HBV DNA (LogC/mL (median, IQR))7.6 (5.4–8.9)4.4 (2.3–7.0)
Baseline HBcrAg (LogU/mL (median, IQR))6.8 (5.9–6.8)4.1 (3.0–6.8)
Genotype (A/B/C/D/unknown (n, %))0 (0.0)/3 (20.0)/12 (80.0)/0 (0.0)/0 (0.0)3 (3.5)/10 (9.6)/50 (50.4)/1 (0.9)/33(40.0)n. s.
Fibrosis stage (F1/F2/F3/F4/unknown (n, %))3 (20.0)/7 (46.7)/1 (6.7)/1 (6.7)/3 (20.0)4 (4.1)/19 (19.6)/9 (9.3)/3 (3.1)/62 (63.9)n. s.