Table 2.

Mean expression level (RQ) of miRNAs in HCV patients before and after anti-viral therapy

MicroRNAs	Mean expression before therapy	Mean expression after therapy	p-value
miR-23a	7.45	0.31	0.001*
miR-125	28.75	1.07	0.001*
miR-217	3.43	0.09	0.001*
miR-224	21.3	0.35	0.015*
miR-181a	3.19	1.5	0.112
miR-221	22.99	2.9	0.002*
miR-122	10.791	1.545	0.018*

*Significant