n

Gender

(male/female)

Age

(years)

ALT

(U/L)

ALB

(g/L)

Total bilirubin

(umol/L)

PTA

(%)

HBeAg

(+/−)

HBV-DNA

loads (lgIU/ml)

MELD

score

Case

18

18/0

38.7 ± 9.6

137.0; 109.3, 180

33.6 ± 5.2

523.2 ± 126.4

35.5 ± 11.5

6/12

3.8; 2.1, 8.0

27.1 ± 4.1

Control

17

16/1

41.2 ± 9.5

171.0; 144.0, 207.4

35.2 ± 5.4

472.4 ± 171.9

36.1 ± 9.9

5/12

3.4; 2.0, 4.4

25.6 ± 3.8

χ² or F

1.059

−0.121

−1.388

0.843

1.07

0.087

0.062

−1.098

0.000

P

0.486

0.926

0.186

0.365

0.352

0.765

0.803

0.271

0.995