Research Article

Long-Term Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined with NA Antiviral Therapy on Cirrhosis Incidence in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients in the Real-World Setting: A Retrospective Study

Table 2

Incidence of cirrhosis for CHB patients with different baseline characteristics.

CharacteristicsCirrhosis (n = 53)Noncirrhosis (n = 468) value

Age (years)0.965
 <4032 (10.1)284 (89.9)
 ≥4021 (10.2)184 (89.8.9)

Gender (n, %)0.021
 Male42 (12.4)296 (65.8)
 Female11 (6.0)172 (94.0)

Duration of illness (n, %)0.158
 0∼55 (3.8)127 (96.2)
 5∼109 (8.7)94 (91.3)
 10∼1514 (11.6)107 (88.4)
 15∼25 (15.2)140 (84.8)

Smoking history (n, %)0.419
 Yes8 (12.6)53 (10.8)
 No45 (87.4)415 (89.2)

Drinking history (n, %)0.032
 Yes14 (16.7)70 (83.3)
 No39 (82.8)398 (91.1)

Family history of CHB-related diseases (n, %)0.016
 Yes27 (13.7)170 (86.3)
 No26 (8.0)298 (92.0)

HBeAg0.027
 Positive39 (12.5)270 (87.5)
 Negative14 (6.6)198 (93.4)

HBV DNA level (copies/mL)0.022
 103∼1043 (4.1)71 (95.9)
 104∼1054 (3.3)56 (96.7)
 105∼1066 (7.5)74 (92.5)
 106∼10711 (11.7)83 (88.3)
 10729 (14.6)184 (85.4)

ALT (IU/ml ULN)0.473
 1∼28 (7.8)94 (92.2)
 2∼326 (9.8)240 (90.2)
 3∼19 (12.4)134 (87.6)