Baseline characteristics of patients

Abbreviations: IC = inactive HBsAg carriers; ACH = active chronic hepatitis; AdLD = Advanced liver disease; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; IU = international units; ND = not determined.*AdLD vs non-AdLD, p = 0.0001†AdLD vs non-AdLD, p‡IC vs ACH, pvs AdLD, pvs AdLD, p = 0.735§IC vs ACH, pvs AdLD, pvs AdLD, p = 0.029¶IC vs ACH, p = 0.798; IC vs AdLD, p = 0.566; ACH vs AdLD, p = 0.361∥ IC vs ACH, p = 0.798; IC vs AdLD, p = 0.361; ACH vs AdLD, p = 0.361**IC vs ACH, p = 0.416; IC vs AdLD, p = 0.142; ACH vs AdLD, p = 0.483††Non-AdLD vs AdLD, p = 0.007