Abbreviations: IC = inactive HBsAg carriers; ACH = active chronic hepatitis; AdLD = advanced liver disease; OM = others mutations; TIM = translation initiation mutation (nts 1814–1819).*IC vs ACH, p =
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; OR, odds ratio. *Data are presented as n (%). †Crude odds ratios were calculated using a two-by-two frequency table.
Additional file 1. List of accession numbers of the sequences downloaded from NCBI GenBank and used for analysis in this study. The HBsAg escape and drug-resistant mutational analysis were performed u
