Impact of Hepatitis B Exposure on Sustained Virological Response Rates of Highly Viremic Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

Table 4

Comparison of clinical and histological baseline data among anti-HBc positive and anti-HBc negative chronic hepatitis C patients; anti-HBc: antibody against Hepatitis B core antigen.

	Anti-HBc	Anti-HBc	P-value
	positive	negative
Age (years, median)	44.5	37	<.001 (*)
BMI	25.3	24.7	.873
Grade (0–18, median)	5	5	.428
Stage (0–6, median)	3	2	.005 (*)
Cirrhosis (n/%)	20 (76.9%)	6 (23.1%)	<.0005 (*)

(*), 𝑃<.05.