Clinical Study

Rather than Rs1800796 Polymorphism, Expression of Interleukin-6 Is Associated with Disease Progression of Chronic HBV Infection in a Chinese Han Population

Table 1

General characteristics of subjects.

 HC ( )IT ( )CHB ( )IC ( )LC ( )HCC ( )

Age (y) (mean ± SD)
Male, (%)193 (72.8)16 (69.6)212 (72.7)17 (68.0)111 (72.5)110 (74.3)

HC: healthy control; IT: immune tolerant; IC: inactive carrier; CHB: chronic hepatitis B; LC: liver cirrhosis; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma.