The Role of Liver Fibrosis Assessment in the Management of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection: Lessons Learned from a Single Centre Experience

Table 2

The characteristics of 56 HBeAg⁺ patients stratified according to serum ALT.

ALT category	Total number of patients	HBV DNA (copies/mL)	NI Score	Mild fibrosis (no. of patients)	Mod/Severe fibrosis (no. of patients)
<20	8	(>6 Log)	1± 1.5	8	0
20–30	6	(>6 Log)	2.4 ±2.1	4	2
31–40	11	(>6 Log)	3.7 ±2.3	6	5
41–80	16	(>6 Log)	4 ±2.5	8	8
>80	15	(>6 Log)	5 ±2.5	5	10

Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.