Eighty-four percent (76/90) of the patients were infected with genotype C HBV, while the others were infected with genotype A or B. Male sex, low platelets, low albumin, high alpha fetoprotein (AFP, a tumor marker for HCC), high Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4, an indicator of liver fibrosis) index and HCC history were observed more frequently in the liver cirrhosis group than the inactive carrier and chronic hepatitis groups (Table 1). The gene discussed is AFP; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.