Research Article

Clinical Features and Resistance to Entecavir Monotherapy of Patients with Hepatitis B

Table 3

Factors contributing to ETV monotherapy resistance (multivariate analysis).

CharacteristicsUnivariate OR (95% CI) valueMultivariate adjusted OR (95% CI) value

Age at the beginning (<65 years)4.8 (1.1–21.9)
Gender (male)4.1 (1.2–14.1)
Baseline AST (≧2 × ULN)3.0 (0.9–8.3)
Baseline ALT (≧3 × ULN)5.4 (1.7–17.9)3.3 (0.9–13.6)
Prior exposure to NA therapies (yes)1.1 (0.3–4.3)
Baseline HBeAg (positive)3.4 (1.1–9.4)
Baseline HBV DNA (≧5 LogC/mL)4.4 (1.3–15.3)
Baseline HBcrAg (≧5 LogU/mL)7.3 (1.8–34.5)4.7 (1.0–34.0)
Genotype C (yes)1.1 (0.3–4.1)
Fibrosis stage (≦F2)5.2 (0.8–60.9)