Impact of Hepatic Steatosis on the Antiviral Effects of PEG-IFNα-2a in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B and the Associated Mechanism

Table 7

The difference in HBcAg expression patterns in different degrees of steatosis.

Degrees of steatosis	Total cases	HBcAg-negative group	c-HBcAg group	cd-HBcAg group	m-HBcAg group	Pearson’s chi-square test
S0	119	5	47	63	4	0.015
S1	76	10	14	48	4
S2	22	3	4	13	2
S3	9	0	3	5	1