Research Article

Absence of Hepatitis B Resistance Mutants before Introduction of Oral Antiviral Therapy

Table 1

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the study population.

CharacteristicValues

Patients 50
 Male (%)43 (86)
 Female (%) 7 (14)
Years of age, mean SD (range)40 12 (19–65)
HBV DNA, mean pg/mL SD (range)126 121 (6–557)
HBV genotype (%)
 A43 (86)
 B0
 C2 (3.5)
 D2 (3.5)
 E0
 F3 (6)