aA mutation was defined through comparisons with the consensus sequence of HBV strains in our cohort and 17 reference strains. bN.S: Not significant. cCH: Chronic hepatitis, LC: Liver cirrhosis, HCC:
MAF, minor allele frequency; OR, odds ratio for minor allele. C.I., confidence interval. SNP rs2596542 was analyzed in 1,043 chronic hepatitis C (CHC), 586 liver cirrhosis without hepatocellular carci
