How does qHBsAg at baseline predict treatment outcomes?

qHBsAg value at baseline can help predict which patients will achieve functional cure,⁵ and who may have lower risk of cirrhosis and HCC⁹

Baseline HBsAg levels predict spontaneous HBsAg seroclearance in HBeAg-negative patients⁵

Based on an analysis of a large cohort of 2,121 HBeAg-negative Taiwanese patients. *p<0.001 for crude and adjusted hazard ratios. A Cox model was used with age as time scale (in crude and adjusted hazard ratios) and adjusting covariables includes age at enrollment, birth year, sex, levels of ALT, HBV DNA and HBsAg, and HBV genotype.