Quantification of Pregenomic RNA and Covalently Closed Circular DNA in Hepatitis B Virus-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 5

Mutations in the core promoter and precore regions in patients divided by serological status.

	HBsAg-positive carriers (𝑛=14)	Occult HBV-infected patients (𝑛=9)	𝑃 value
T1753C	4 (29%)	0 (0%)	0.033
A1762T/G1764A	11 (79%)	5 (56%)	NS
T1846A	3 (21%)	3 (33%)	NS
G1896A	8 (57%)	4 (44%)	NS

NS: not significant.