TY - JOUR AU - Agha Babar Hussain , Muhammad Ali Rathore , Inaam Qadir Javed Hashmi , Eijaz Ghani , Muhammad Idrees Khan , Agha Babar Hussain , Muhammad Ali Rathore , Inaam Qadir Javed Hashmi , Eijaz Ghani , Muhammad Idrees Khan PY - 2017/09/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Status of Hepatitis Be Antigen in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients from Various Regions of Pakistan JF - Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College JA - JRMC VL - 21 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/16 SP - AB - <p>Background: To determine the distribution of HBeAg in chronic hepatitis B patients from different regions of Pakistan.<br>Methods: In this study a total of 677 individuals infected with hepatitis B for a minimum period of 6 months, were included in the study. The information like age, gender along with area of residence, were recorded in a proforma filled for each study subject. A 3 ml blood sample was taken from each person. HBsAg,HBeAg and Anti HBe testing was carried out by ELISA.<br>Results: Out of 677 study subjects, 517 (76.4%) were males and 160 (23.6%) females with an overall mean age of 35.42 +12.4 years. HBeAg was positive in 66 (9.7%) . All HBeAg positive cases were negative for Anti HBe. HBeAg positivity was 9.4% in Punjab, 14.8% in KPK, 4.89 % in Sindh, 8.3% in AJ &amp; K and 13.3% in Gilgit Baltistan.<br>Conclusion: There was a male predominance among Hepatitis B virus infected patients .Maximum cases were between 20 to 50 years of age. HBeAg positive cases were significantly less as compared to HBeAg negative cases.</p> ER -