Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of chronic hepatitis B patients
Overall (n = 460) | Chronic hepatitis B (n = 323) | Compensated cirrhosis (n = 54) | Decompensated cirrhosis (n = 83) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years, mean ± SD)† | 35.8 ± 12.8 | 31.5 ± 10.9 | 43.0 ± 10.3 | 47.4 ± 11.7 |
Sex (%) | ||||
Male | 66.3 | 65.6 | 72.2 | 65.1 |
Female | 33.7 | 34.4 | 27.8 | 34.9 |
Occupation (%)† | ||||
Peasants | 33.3 | 22.6 | 48.1 | 65.1 |
Service and commercial workers | 17.0 | 18.9 | 14.8 | 10.9 |
Enterprise and institution staff | 13.3 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 6.0 |
Unemployees | 13.2 | 16.1 | 5.6 | 7.2 |
Self-employed persons | 8.0 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 3.6 |
Students | 7.4 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Others | 7.8 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 7.2 |
Education attainment (%)† | ||||
No schooling and primary | 13.7 | 9.6 | 20.4 | 25.3 |
Secondary | 67.6 | 67.2 | 66.7 | 69.9 |
Tertiary | 18.7 | 23.2 | 12.9 | 4.8 |
Marital status (%)† | ||||
Married | 71.3 | 61.9 | 96.3 | 91.6 |
Other marital status | 28.7 | 38.1 | 3.7 | 8.4 |
Annual per capita household income (Chinese $, %)† | ||||
<5000 | 51.3 | 45.5 | 61.1 | 67.5 |
5000–9999 | 24.1 | 27.3 | 18.5 | 15.7 |
≥10000 | 24.6 | 27.2 | 20.4 | 16.8 |
Duration of illness (years, mean ± SD) | 6.1 ± 6.9 | 6.0 ± 6.5 | 6.4 ± 6.7 | 6.3 ± 8.2 |
Currently taken anti-viraltreatment (%)† | ||||
No | 61.1 | 67.2 | 50.0 | 44.6 |
Yes | 38.9 | 32.8 | 50.0 | 55.4 |
Liver function tests* | ||||
ALT (U/L, mean ± SD) | 61.9 ± 95.0 | 62.1 ± 100.2 | 52.4 ± 40.9 | 70.4 ± 83.1 |
TBIL (umol/L, mean ± SD)† | 19.7 ± 20.3 | 16.5 ± 7.3 | 24.8 ± 13.7 | 46.7 ± 60.4 |
ALB (g/L, mean ± SD)† | 44.1 ± 4.8 | 45.0 ± 4.0 | 42.7 ± 4.7 | 36.0 ± 4.6 |