Research Article

High Prevalence of Preexisting HBV Polymerase Mutations in Pregnant Women Does Not Limit the Antiviral Therapy Efficacy

Table 2

Potential NAs mutation at 29 positions of HBV reverse transcriptase analyzed in the 73 pregnant women.

Mutations typeRelationship with therapyThe proportion of the patients with mutations, n (%) (n = 73)The frequency of the (%)Patients with mutations frequency>20%, n (%)

Primary resistance mutations
rtI169TETV000
rtA181T/VLAM, TBV, ADV, TDF4 (5.5)0.023 ± 0.0200
rtT184A/C/F/G/I/L/M/SETV52 (71.2)0.13 ± 0.1414 (19.2%)
rtA194TADV, TDF000
rtS202C/G/IETV1 (1.4)0.010
rtM204I/VLAM, ETV, TBV30 (41.1)0.13 ± 0.117 (9.6%)
rtN236T/AADV, TDF39 (53.4)0.10 ± 0.134 (5.5%)
rtM250I/L/V41 (56.2)0.11 ± 0.085 (6.8%)

Compensatory mutations
rtL80I/VLAM11 (15.1)0.02 ± 0.01
rtV173LLAM000
rtL180MLAM, ETV, TBV000

Putative NAs mutations
rtL82MLAM000
rtV84MADV2 (2.7)0.01 ± 0.0010
rtS85AADV000
rtI91LLAM40 (54.8)0.82 ± 0.3036 (49.3%)
rtA200VLAM1 (1.4)0.020
rtV207ILAM000
rtS213TADV3 (4.1)0.11 ± 0.161 (1.4%)
rtV214AADV3 (4.1)0.01 ± 0.0040
rtQ215P/SLAM, ADV12 (16.4)0.07 ± 0.082 (2.7)
rtL217RADV000
rtE218DADV1 (1.4)0.521 (1.4)
rtF221YADV30 (41.1)0.29 ± 0.2516 (21.9)
rtL229G/V/WLAM24 (32.9)0.05 ± 0.061 (1.4)
rtI233VADV30 (41.1)0.12 ± 0.117 (9.6)
rtP237HADV22 (30.1)0.02 ± 0.020
rtN/H238D/S/T/AADV46 (63.0)0.15 ± 0.127 (9.6)
rtY245HADV1 (1.4)0.130
rtS/C256GLAM, ETV000

The prevalence of mutations were expressed as number of patients (percentages) and the mutation frequencies were expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Abbreviations: ADV, adefovir dipivoxil; ETV, entecavir; HBV, hepatitis B virus; LAM, lamivudine; n, number; NA, nucleoside/nucleotide analogues; TBV, telbivudine; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.