Research Article

Comparative Analysis of Clinical and Medication Information between Chronic Hepatitis B Patients with Damp Heat Syndrome and Spleen Deficiency Syndrome

Table 1

Baseline analysis of 812 CHB patients with DH syndrome and the SD syndrome.

DH (n = 429)SD (n = 383)Statistics

Gender (male, %)326 (75.99%)213 (55.61%)0.889a0.346
Age (years)44.44 (37.1, 54.61)44.06 (36.22, 51.38)−1.8870.059
Treatment
Antiviral therapy259 (60.37%)231 (60.31%)0.000a0.986
Recent anti-virus60 (23.34%)51 (22.76%)0.023a0.881
Antivirus duration (days)325 (96, 758.5)370.5 (101, 1074.5)−1.3780.168
Hepatoprotective drugs258 (60.13%)253 (66.05%)3.0370.081
Immunomodulator15 (3.49%)4 (1.04%)5.324a0.021
Drugs that promote bile excretion46 (10.72%)28 (7.31%)2.844a0.092
Chinese herbal medicine108 (25.65%)99 (25.84%)0.048a0.826
Anti-fibrosis proprietary Chinese medicine18 (4.19%)21 (5.48%)0.733a0.392
Untreated81 (18.88%)70 (18.27%)0.049a0.825
Liver function value
TBIL (μmol/L)16.6 (12.5, 22.47)15.7 (12.47, 21.08)−1.1190.263
DBIL (μmol/L)4.4 (3.3, 6.7)4.4 (3.03, 6.3)−0.9940.32
ALT (U/L)44 (26, 92.5)40.8 (23.3, 79.75)−1.9770.048
AST (U/L)36 (26.02, 60.75)33 (24, 56)−2.250.024
GGT (U/L)29.85 (18, 65.5)28 (17.77, 55.25)−1.3520.176
ALP (U/L)79 (64, 100)75.15 (63, 96)−1.6170.106
ALB (g/L)45.5 (43, 47.8)45.4 (42.62, 48.1)−0.3150.753
Pre-Alb (g/L)241 (178, 290)237.35 (180, 288.5)−0.0430.966
TBA (μmol/L)7.6 (3.9, 14)5.9 (2.9, 12.8)−2.7490.006
Hepatitis B virus
HBeAg positive (%)227 (53.53%)186 (49.33%)1.410a0.235
HBV-DNA (IU/mL)13020 (0, 2270000)7181 (0, 2115000)−1.2450.213
Liver fibrosis value
APRI0.48 (0.31, 0.91)0.46 (0.27, 0.80)−1.4290.153
FIB-41.63 (1.07, 2.77)1.52 (1.01, 2.33)−1.6030.109
Other biomarkers
PT (S)13.2 (12.2, 14.4)12.7 (12, 13.9)−3.0540.002
AFP (ng/mL)3.67 (2.6, 6.5)3.45 (2.36, 5.84)−1.8450.065
CD4/CD81.33 (1.02, 1.76)1.26 (0.89, 1.73)−1.6410.101
Lipids, Blood glucose
FBG (mmol/L)5.18 (4.85, 5.47)5.14 (4.85, 5.5)−0.6010.548
TC (mmol/L)4.59 (3.83, 5.2)4.58 (3.96, 5.22)−0.8910.373
TG (mmol/L)1.1 (0.82, 1.49)1.07 (0.79, 1.52)−0.2810.779
HDL-C (mmol/L)1.18 (1, 1.415)1.2 (1.01, 1.43)−0.6660.506
LDL-C (mmol/L)2.54 (2.02, 2.94)2.46 (2.11, 3.05)−0.6110.541
Blood routine test
WBC (109/L)5.01 (4.26, 6.01)5 (4.13, 6.04)−0.2590.796
LY (109/L)1.64 (1.28, 2)1.68 (1.32, 2.04)−0.6560.512
MONO (109/L)0.31 (0.24, 0.4)0.32 (0.26, 0.41)−0.7690.442
NEUT (109/L)2.89 (2.25, 3.6)2.8 (2.16, 3.65)−0.7490.454
PLT (109/L)159 (124, 202.5)159 (122, 198)−0.1510.88
Renal function value
BUN (mmol/L)4.48 (3.61, 5.2)4.37 (3.6, 5.11)−0.7180.473
Cr (μmol/L)70 (59.78, 80)68 (60, 78)−1.2530.21
UA (μmol/L)300 (256.5, 354)303.5 (244, 352)−0.370.712

The time interval between the start date of antiviral treatment and the enrollment date ≤90 days. APRI = (AST (U/L)/upper limit of normal value (U/L))/PLT (×109/L) ×100; FIB-4 = age (year) ×AST (U/L)/(PLT(×109/L) × ALT(U/L)1/2).