Table 3. Analysis of risk factors associated with occult hepatitis B
The data of patients who are not diagnosed with OHD are as follows: 231 of the patients are male (84%), 7 of them (2.6%) have drug addiction. Homosexuality rate is 35.3%. In addition, 167 (60.7%) patients were Anti HBs positive, 121 (56.5%) patients were Anti HBcIgG positive, 199 (72.6%) patients were HIV RNA positive. In 30.4% of the patients, the CD4 count is ’200 / mm3’ (Table 3).
When the laboratory findings of patients with and without OHB were evaluated, no significant difference was found in terms of hemoglobin, leukocyte, thrombocyte, ALT, AST, GGT, ALP, and total bilirubin levels. However, albumin values were found to be <3.5 in three patients with OHB (p = 0.043) (Table 4).