Research Article

Host Factors in the Natural History of Chronic Hepatitis B: Role of Genetic Determinants

Table 2

Distribution of TNF-α -308, IL-10 -592, and IL-10 -1082 genotypes and alleles in different phases of natural history of chronic hepatitis B (CHB).

GenotypeOverallHBeAg-positiveHBeAg-negativeHWE value
ITICLRENH

TNF-α -308 SNP ()
 GG (%)173 (95.6)38 (95.0)15 (88.2)74 (97.4)46 (95.8)0.2980.370
 GA (%)5 (2.8)1 (2.5)1 (5.9)2 (2.6)1 (2.1)
 AA (%)3 (1.7)1 (2.5)1 (5.9)01 (2.1)
 G (%)351 (96.9)77 (96.3)31 (91.2)150 (98.7)93 (96.9)
 A (%)11 (3.1)3 (3.7)3 (8.8)2 (1.3)3 (3.1)
IL-10 -592 SNP ()
 AA (%)139 (55.8)41 (61.1)14 (51.9)45 (51.1)39 (58.2)0.3850.353
 AC (%)89 (35.7)20 (29.9)8 (29.6)36 (40.9)25 (37.3)
 CC (%)21 (8.4)6 (9.0)5 (18.5)7 (8.0)3 (4.5)
 A (%)367 (73.7)102 (61.4)36 (66.7)126 (71.6)103 (76.9)
 C (%)131 (26.3)32 (38.6)18 (33.3)50 (28.4)31 (23.1)
IL-10 -1082 SNP ()
 GG (%)167 (100.0)44 (26.3)22 (13.2)52 (31.1)49 (29.3)N/AN/A
 GA (%)00000
 AA (%)00000
 G (%)334 (100.0)88 (100.0)44 (100.0)104 (100.0)98 (100.0)
 A (%)00000

IT: immune tolerant; IC: immune clearance; LR: low replicative; ENH: e-negative hepatitis; HWE: Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; : chi-square. Numbers (%) were presented for categorical data.