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ArticleMedicine2020

Virological activity in treatment-naïve HBeAg-negative HBV-infected adult patients: A community-based study in Jiangsu, China.

Xiangjun Zhai, Liguo Zhu, Jie Jiang, Ci Song, Hong Peng, Jiao Qian, MingHao Zhou, Yan Zhou, Qungang Wang, Jianfang Xu and 6 more

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16 authors.

Xiangjun ZhaiJiangsu Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing.ORCID 0000-0001-8822-1999
Liguo ZhuJiangsu Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing.
Jie JiangJiangsu Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing.
Ci SongJiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine.
Hong PengJiangsu Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing.
Jiao QianJiangsu Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing.
MingHao ZhouJiangsu Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing.
Yan ZhouZhangjiagang Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Zhangjiagang.
Qungang WangZhangjiagang Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Zhangjiagang.
Jianfang XuDanyang Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Danyang.
Zhijian WangDanyang Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Danyang.
Hongjian LiuTaixing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Taixing, People's Republic of China.
Min FanTaixing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Taixing, People's Republic of China.
Zhibin HuJiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine.
Hongbin ShenJiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine.
Fengcai ZhuJiangsu Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nowadays most of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) infected population are adults, among which hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) negative infection occupied the largest proportion of HBV infection in China. HBeAg-negative patients are heterogeneous, and the corresponding interventions are different. Therefore, it is worth researching the infection characteristics of HBeAg-negative patients to help guide the interventions.A total of 11,738 treatment-naïve HBeAg-negative adult patients were randomly selected, and their demographic and medical history information were collected. The liver biochemistry, and HBV infection biomarkers including hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs), HBeAg, hepatitis B e antibody (anti-HBe), hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc), and hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid (HBV-DNA) levels were tested. The infection characteristics and their influencing factors were explored.Sixty percent of the patients presented HBV-DNA-positive, of which 31.2% had HBV-DNA level higher than 2000 IU/mL, and 16.5% had HBV-DNA level higher than 20,000 IU/mL. HBV-DNA levels tended to increase along with the increasing of age, and the male patients had significant higher HBV-DNA levels than the female patients. Twenty-four percent of the patients had abnormal transaminase. The male patients were more vulnerable to abnormal transaminase (30.0%) than the female patients (18.4%). Fifty-five percent patients with HBV-DNA ≥20,000 IU/mL presented abnormal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate transaminase (AST), which was significantly higher than that of patients with HBV-DNA levels below 20,000 IU/mL (19.0-21.7%). Multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that the male patients and the patients with higher viral load had higher risk of having abnormal liver function.A considerable number of HBeAg-negative patients were virological active and had liver damage. It is necessary and urgent to carry out regular active interventions for the chronic HBV-infected patients.

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