miR-106a Is Downregulated in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Chronic Hepatitis B and Associated with Enhanced Levels of Interleukin-8

Table 1

Characteristics of CHB patients and control subjects.

	CHB (56)	HC (40)
Sex (male/female)	40/16	27/13
Ages (year)	32.3 ± 6.6	22.8 ± 6.7
ALT (units/L)	157.5 ± 81.1	22.3 ± 8.0
TBIL (mol/L)	16.7 ± 7.0	10.5 ± 3.8
HBV DNA (/mL)	5.9 ± 1.6	Undetectable

CHB, chronic hepatitis B; HC, healthy control; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; TBIL, total bilirubin; HBV, hepatitis B virus.