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Table 1 Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the subjects enrolled in the present study

From: Hepatitis B virus inhibits apolipoprotein A5 expression through its core gene

Clinical parameters

Healthy individuals

(N = 125)

HBV patients

(N = 221)

P-value

Age (years)

48.7 ± 13.6

51.6 ± 11.8

0.126

Sex (male/female)

75/50

120/101

0.247

BMI

25.4 ± 1.8

24.9 ± 1.2

0.352

HBeAg (+/−)

NS

47/174

ND

HBV DNA (copies/ml)

<500

5.8E + 06 ± 4.2E + 08

ND

ALT (IU/l)

<30

193.4 ± 187.5

<0.001

AST (IU/l)

<30

185.8 ± 170.2

<0.001

  1. A significant at p value ≤ 0.05
  2. N number of the subjects, NS none sense, ND not done, BMI body mass index, ALT alkanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase
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