Abstract: RESULTS: After adjustment for age, history of cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption,
HBeAg positivity,
pre-S deletions,
pre-S2 start codon mutations, and
T53C mutation were significantly associated with
HCC, showing adjusted odds ratios (ORs) from 1.914 to 3.199.
Result: Among these nine hot spot mutations,
pre-S deletions,
pre-S start codon mutations,
T31C, and
T53C mutations were significantl
Discussion: We also observed that control subjects showed a significant higher frequency of the synonymous substitution of
T53C in
pre-S2 region than case patients.