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Table 2 Prediction of hepatitis B virus reactivation in HBeAg-negative chronic HBV infection by serum HBV RNA levels

From: Serum HBV RNA quantification: useful for monitoring natural history of chronic hepatitis B infection

Variables

HBV RNA

>2.11(log copies/mL)

HBV DNA >3.39(log copies/mL)

HBsAg>2.74(log IU/mL)

HBV RNA

>2.11(log copies/mL) & HBsAg>2.74(log IU/mL)

HBV DNA

>3.39(log copies/mL) & HBsAg>2.74(log IU/mL)

Sensitivity(%)

84.21

75.4

70.17

59.64

56.14

Specificity(%)

73.68

80.26

42.11

81.58

86.84

PPV(%)

70.59

74.13

47.62

70.83

76.19

NPV(%)

86.15

81.33

65.31

72.94

72.52

Diagnostic accuracy(%)

78.19

78.19

54.13

72.18

73.68

P value*

 

χ2 = 1.362

P = 0.243

χ2 = 3.189

P = 0.074

χ2 = 8.515

P = 0.004

χ2 = 10.729

P = 0.001

P value#

 

χ2 = 0.928

P = 0.335

χ2 = 15.545

P = 0.000

χ2 = 1.364

P = 0.243

χ2 = 4.153

P = 0.042

  1. HBV hepatitis B virus, HBsAg Hepatitis B surface antigen, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value;*P value of the sensitivity comparison of RNA and other viral markers; #P value of the specificity comparison of RNA and other markers; HBV RNA, HBV DNA and HBsAg cutoff value were obtained from ROC curve analysis