Study on the Expression Differences and the Correlation with H2BE Gene of Th Related Cytokines in SSDHS and LDSDS TCM-Syndromes of CHB Patients

Table 1

Baseline comparison of the clinical characteristics among the groups.

Group	Number of cases	Gender^a		Age^b
		Male	Female
LDSDS	11	5 (45.5%)	6 (54.5%)	39.27 ± 8.661^c
SSDHS	11	7 (63.6%)	4 (36.4%)	36.00 ± 12.578^c
CG^d	9	4 (44.4%)	5 (55.6%)	33.56 ± 8.00^c
Total	31	16 (57.69%)	15 (42.31%)	—

^aThere was no significant difference in gender composition among the three groups by the chi-square test . ^bThere was no significant difference in age composition among the three groups by one-way analysis of variance . ^cmean ± standard deviation. ^dHealthy group (control group).