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Table 5 Evaluating quantitative viral load and use of antiviral therapy

From: Pregnancy complicated with hepatitis B virus infection and preterm birth: a retrospective cohort study

 

PTB before 34 weeks (n)

P value

YES

NO

HBV DNA (IU/ml)

  < 500

11

661

0.417*

 500 ~ 2.0 × 10e5

0

130

  > 2.0 × 10e5

3

191

Wheather use antiviral therapy

 Low level HBV DNA

11

791

0.539*

 High level HBV DNA without antiviral therapy

3

134

 High level HBV DNA with antiviral therapy

0

57

  1. *Fisher’s exact test was applied