Research Article

Hepatitis B e Antigen Seroconversion Is Related with the Function of Dendritic Cells in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients and normal controls (mean ± SD).

ParametersIT patients
(HBV-DNA >104 copies/mL)
ISC patients
(HBV-DNA <104 copies/mL)
Normal controls

212310
Age (years)30.36 ± 7.7933.15 ± 6.9129.10 ± 4.33
Sex (male/female)10/111/26/4
ALT (IU/L)36.45 ± 16.9429.62 ± 13.9130.10 ± 11.82
AST (IU/L)30.64 ± 11.8429.23 ± 10.0326.90 ± 12.13
HBV-DNA (lg copies/mL)6.42 ± 1.07*3.32 ± 3.93
Genotype (type B/C)4/179/14

Note: < 0.01 versus ISC patients.