Prospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2015; 21(18): 5668-5676
Published online May 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i18.5668
Table 1 Individual factors of patients with diverse responses at 52 wk after interferon-α therapy n (%)
CharacteristicTotal (n = 147)RS (n = 47)NRS (n = 100)
Sex
Male106 (72.1)33 (70.2)73 (73.0)
Female41 (27.9)14 (29.8)27 (27.0)
Age (yr)25.02 ± 05626.40 ± 1.1924.37 ± 0.59
ALT (U/L)214.25 ± 17.38226.23 ± 19.19208.62 ± 23.94
HBV DNA
(log10 copies/mL)7.16 ± 0.076.93 ± 0.147.27 ± 0.09
HBsAg
(log10 IU/mL)4.11 ± 0.073.93 ± 0.144.20 ± 0.07
HBeAg
(log10 S/CO)2.55 ± 0.072.30 ± 0.13a2.67 ± 0.07a
Anti-HBc (S/CO)11.13 ± 0.1511.54 ± 0.2710.94 ± 0.17
Genotype
B85 (57.8)26 (55.3)59 (59.0)
C55 (37.4)21 (44.7)34 (34.0)
Other7 (4.8)0 (0.0)7 (7.0)
Table 2 Factors at baseline influencing hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion in treated patients evaluated using univariate and multivariate analyses n (%)
ParameterRSUnivariate analysisP valueMultivariate analysisP value
OR (95%CI)OR (95%CI)
Female gender14 (34.1)1.15 (0.53-2.47)0.725
Age > 24 yr26 (40.0)1.94 (0.96-3.91)0.065
ALT > 4 × ULN33 (44.6)3.39 (1.62-7.12)0.0012.44 (1.10-5.42)0.028
HBV DNA ≤ 7
log10 copies/mL22 (39.3)1.71 (0.84-3.46)0.138
HBsAg ≤ 15000 IU/mL27 (40.3)2.03 (1.00-4.09)0.049
HBeAg ≤ 500 S/CO26 (47.3)3.03 (1.48-6.22)0.0032.12 (0.97-4.64)0.060
anti-HBc > 11.4 S/CO33 (45.8)3.69 (1.75-7.75)0.0013.02 (1.39-6.57)0.005
Genotype B26 (30.6)0.91 (0.50-1.65)0.749
Table 3 Factors at 12 wk influencing hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion in treated patients evaluated using univariate and multivariate analyses n (%)
ParameterRSUnivariate analysisP valueMultivariate analysisP value
OR (95%CI)OR (95%CI)
ALT > 7 × ULN8 (61.5)3.90 (1.20-12.66)0.024
HBV DNA ≤ 5 log10 copies/mL31 (53.4)5.24 (2.48-11.06)< 0.001
HBsAg ≤ 10000 IU/mL41 (48.2)8.70 (3.39-22.34)< 0.001
HBeAg ≤ 250 S/CO44 (55.7)27.24 (7.89-94.09)< 0.00110.90 (2.63-45.27)0.001
anti-HBc > 11.8 S/CO23 (47.9)2.88 (1.39-5.96)0.0053.72 (1.41-9.84)0.008
Decline ALT > 3 × ULN20 (40.0)1.73 (0.84-3.55)0.136
Decline HBV DNA > 1.5 log10 copies/mL34 (48.6)4.65 (2.18-9.93)< 0.001
Decline HBsAg > 0.5 log10 IU/mL29 (55.8)5.39 (2.55-11.42)< 0.001
Decline HBeAg > 1 log10 S/CO34 (66.7)12.77 (5.60-29.14)< 0.0014.53 (1.59-12.91)0.005
Decline anti-HBc > 0.5 S/CO13 (40.6)1.64 (0.53-5.07)0.393
Table 4 Factors at 24 wk influencing hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion in treated patients evaluated using univariate and multivariate analyses n (%)
ParameterRSUnivariate analysisP valueMultivariate analysisP value
OR (95%CI)OR (95%CI)
ALT ≤ 1 × ULN25 (45.5)2.65 (1.30-5.42)0.008
HBV DNA ≤ 4 log10 copies/mL32 (50.8)4.48 (2.25-10.01)< 0.001
HBsAg ≤ 2000 IU/mL33 (52.4)5.50 (2.58-11.73)< 0.001
HBeAg ≤ 5 S/CO41 (65.1)24.23 (9.11-64.47)< 0.00116.82 (5.07-55.79)< 0.001
anti-HBc > 11.4 S/CO30 (44.8)3.01 (1.46-6.18)0.0033.01 (1.20-7.56)0.019
Decline ALT > 2 × ULN35 (42.2)3.16 (1.47-6.78)0.003
Decline HBV DNA > 2 log10 copies/mL36 (46.8)4.71 (2.15-10.32)< 0.001
Decline HBsAg > 1 log10 IU/mL26 (49.1)3.35 (1.62-6.91)0.001
Decline HBeAg > 2 log10 S/CO30 (66.7)10.00 (4.45-22.47)< 0.0011.85 (0.62-5.49)0.269
Decline anti-HBc > 0.5 S/CO19 (47.5)2.55 (1.20-5.43)0.015