In the study by Wang et al. similar to the general ITP population, female gender was significantly more prevalent than male gender in both anti-HBc IgG positive and negative groups [21]; however, in our study, females were more prevalent in the anti-HBc IgG negative group, whereas there was male dominance in the anti-HBc IgG positive group, contrary to the findings of Wang et al. The gene discussed is KRT88P; the disease is autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura.