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Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population. BMI: body mass index; PVHT: portal vein hypertension.

Serotype TOTAL N = 283 p
HBe-positive N = 119 HBe-negative N = 164
Age (years)
 Mean ± SD
 Median [Range]

38.6 ±14.0
36.0 [18.0 – 82.0]

46.1 ±12.9
46.0 [20.0 – 83.0]

42.9 ±13.9
42.0 [18.0 – 83.0]

<0.001
Gender
 Male
 Female

92 (77.3%)
27 (22.7%)

129(78.7%)
35 (21.3%)

221 (78.1%)
62 (21.9%)

0.787
BMI
 Mean ± SD
 Median [Range]

23.8 ±4.0
23.2 [16.0 – 43.0]

24.7 ±4.2
24.1 [16.7 – 45.0]

24.3 ±4.1
23.7 [16.0 – 45.0]

0.036
Place of birth
 France/Northern Europe
 Mediterranean Basin
 Asia
 Africa
 North America

55 (47.0%)
11 (9.4%)
36 (30.8%)
13(11.1%)
2 (1.7%)

60 (37.0%)
42 (25.9%)
19(11.7%)
37 (22.8%)
4 (2.5%)

115(41.2%)
53(19.0%)
55(19.7%)
50(17.9%)
6 (2.2%)

<0.001
Alcohol consumption
 Subjects regularly consuming
 Daily dose (g/day): mean ± SD

8 (6.8%)
31.3 ±24.2

21 (12.8%)
18.9 ±15.9

29(10.3%)
22.6 ±19.1

0.100
0.146
Risk factors
 None
 Intravenous drug use
 At-risk sexual habits
 Travel to at-risk areas
 Familial contamination
 Perinatal contamination

14(11.8%)
2 (1.7%)
17(14.3%)
49 (41.2%)
40 (33.6%)
41 (34.5%)

33(20.1%)
1 (0.6%)
7 (4.3%)
74(45.1%)
55 (33.5%)
42 (25.6%)

47(16.6%)
3(1.1%)
24 (8.5%)
123(43.5%)
95 (33.6%)

83 (29.3%)

0.062
0.574
0.003
0.509
0.989
0.107
Disease duration (years)
 Mean ± SD
 Median [Range]

5.8 ±6.0
4.3 [0.1 – 30.8]

6.7 ±7.5
3.8 [0.1 – 41.7]

6.3 ±6.9
4.0 [0.1 – 41.7]

0.809
Symptom presentation
 Asthenia
 Anorexia
 Weight loss
 Jaundice
 Hepatomegaly
 Ascites
 Other PVHT symptom

41 (34.5%)
9 (7.6%)
6 (5.0%)
3 (2.5%)
6 (5.0%)
3 (2.5%)
5 (4.2%)

75 (45.7%)
7 (4.3%)
11 (6.7%)
5 (3.0%)
18(11.0%)
3 (1.8%)
10(6.1%)

116(41.0%)
16(5.7%)
17(6.0%)
8 (2.8%)
24 (8.5%)
6(2.1%) 15(5.3%)

0.057
0.236
0.561
1.000
0.077
0.699
0.482
Other viral liver infections
 Hepatitis C
 Hepatitis D

0 (0.0%)
2 (1.7%)

1 (0.6%)
1 (0.6%)

1 (0.4%)
3(1.1%)

1.000
0.574
J Viral Hepat. 2006 April; 13(4): 278–88.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2005.00712.x.