Different patients having PCT levels <1 ng/ml and >1 ng/ml and their history/relationship with status of diabetes mellitus type 2, history of smoking, history of cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, the status of hepatitis B and C positivity, portal hypertension, ascites, and cirrhosis is mentioned in Table 2 and Figure 3, respectively. This evidence concerns the gene CALCA and hepatitis B virus infection.