Table 3 Categorization of HBV viral load by gender, age, and ALT
Patient demographic Characteristics | HBV DNA levels (IU/ml) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comparison between cases with < 2000 IU/ml and 2000–20,000 IU/ml | Comparison between cases with < 2000 IU/ml and > 20,000 IU/ml | |||||||
n | < 2000 | 2000–20,000 | P value | n | < 2000 | > 20,000 | P value | |
Gender n (%) | ||||||||
Male | 195 | 162 (83.1) | 33 (16.9) | 0.178 | 180 | 162 (90.0) | 18 (10.0) | 0.654 |
Female | 71 | 64 (90.1) | 7 (9.9) | 73 | 64 (87.7) | 9 (12.3) | ||
Age | ||||||||
< 40 | 130 | 104 (80.0) | 26 (20.0) | 0.039 | 119 | 104 (87.4) | 15 (12.6) | 0.416 |
> 40 | 136 | 122 (89.7) | 14 (10.3) | 134 | 122 (91.0) | 12 (9.0) | ||
ALT n (%) | ||||||||
Normal | 229 | 199 (86.9) | 30 (13.1) | 0.044 | 219 | 119 (90.0) | 20 (9.1) | 0.044 |
Elevated | 37 | 27 (73.0) | 10 (27.0) | 34 | 27 (79.7) | 7 (20.6) | ||