Clinical characteristics of the 819 unrelated male HBV carriers enrolled in the study.

<p>ALFs, HBV-related acute liver failure. AsCs, asymptomatic HBV carriers. LC-ALFs, ALF patients with liver cirrhosis. NLC-ALFs, ALF patients without liver cirrhosis. HBV, hepatitis B virus. HBeAg, hepatitis B virus e antigen. ALT, alanine aminotransferase. TBil, total bilirubin. INR, international normalized ratio for prothrombin time test. SD, standard deviation. §, comparison is conducted between AsCs and ALFs groups, with χ² tests for HBeAg positive and alcohol drink rates, and student's t-tests for age, HBV DNA and CAG repeat numbers.