Association of leukocyte telomere length with anti-HBsAg antibody titer in Hepatitis-B recovered patients from the Pakistani population

A marked difference in the T/S ratio and number of base pairs was observed between the hepatitis-B recovered patients and normal control subjects. In chronic hepatitis-B recovered patients, the number of base pairs on each chromosome end were significantly higher as compared with normal control subjects. A weak positive correlation was noted between the T/S ratio and number of base pairs with anti-HBsAg antibody titer. This study shows that hepatitis-B recovered patients have maintained their higher telomere length as compared with the normal control subjects.