The Characteristics of Natural Killer Cells in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Who Received PEGylated-Interferon versus Entecavir Therapy

Table 3

The chi-square test between the two groups by ΔHBsAg level (log₁₀) or HBV DNA negative from 0 to 48 weeks.

Item	PEG-IFN group	ETV group		value
ΔHBsAg (number)	31	10	12.979	0.000
ΔHBsAg (number)	18	30
HBV DNA negative (number)	32	28	0.221	0.638
HBV DNA positive (number)	17	12

HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen; ΔHBsAg (log₁₀): the difference value of HBsAg (log₁₀) from 0 week to 48 weeks; value: PEG-IFN group vs. ETV group. P value of less than 0.05 was identified as statistically significant.