Table 1: Baseline demographic and disease characteristics of each group are shown in Table 1.

Baseline parameters

L+A n=18

T n=18

E n=18

P

Age (Median)

50

43

47

0.13

Sex (Male)

14

14

13

0.88

Baseline CTP

8

8

8

0.21

Baseline MELD

12

14

13

0.36

HBV DNA (log value)

5

6

5

0.80

HBeAg (pos)

4

4

3

0.89

H/O Alcohol ingestion

7

10

9

0.57

Ascites

15

13

14

0.66

GI Bleed

7

7

11

0.28

Encephalopathy

0

2

2

0.33