The distributions of baseline characteristics and variable factors during acute flare including the results of nodal width and volume for 3 groups.

<p>Group 1: HBeAg-positive with HBeAg seroconversion, Group 2: HBeAg-positive without HBeAg seroconversion, Group 3: HBeAg-negative.</p><p>*p-value is from Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables and Pearson’s chi-square test for categorical variables.</p><p>^＊＊ The nodal size change for both width (dWT) and volume (dVol) between acute flare stage and recovery stage.</p><p>Abbreviations: WBC = white blood cell count, ALT = alanine aminotransferase, AFP = alpha-fetoprotein, BilT = total bilirubin level, VL = viral load, CLD = chronic liver parenchymal disease, LC = liver cirrhosis both diagnosed as ultrasonographic criteria, NUC = nucleos(t)ide analogue, PEG = pegylated interferon, both current standard antiviral therapies for chronic B hepatitis, WT = nodal width, Vol = volume.</p><p>The distributions of baseline characteristics and variable factors during acute flare including the results of nodal width and volume for 3 groups.