Lower Somatic Mutation Levels in the λ Light-Chain Repertoires with Chronic HBV Infection

Table 1

The basic characteristics of study population.

Group	Gender (F/M)^a	Average age^b	HBsAg^c	HBsAb^c	HBeAg^c	HBeAb ^c	HBcAb^c	Average HBV DNA load^d (IU/mL)
Inactive HBV carriers (IHB)	2/8	44.3 ± 9.27	+	—	—	+	+	<500^e
Healthy adults (HH)	0/10	37.0 ± 9.55	—	—	—	—	—	0

^a(F/M): female/male; ^b the average age had no significant difference in the three groups (Student’s t-test, ); ^cfive serological markers of HBV were tested by ELISA; ^dHBV DNA load was tested by the real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR; ^ethe detection limit is 500 IU/mL.