Table 6.

Association of type of tobacco habit with CT values of miRNAs (miRNA 21, miRNA 184, and miRNA 145) in case group (OED, OSMF, OED + OSMF) and OSCC groups

miRNAs	Type of tobacco habit	Mean ± SD CT values	Correlation coefficient (r); p value
miRNA 21	Both	1.379 ± 0.026	0.044; 0.732
	Smokeless	1.376 ± 0.021
	Smoking	1.378 ± 0.018
miRNA 184	Both	1.379 ± 0.016	− 0.017; 0.898
	Smokeless	1.377 ± 0.027
	Smoking	1.375 ± 0.019
miRNA 145	Both	1.436 ± 0.016	0.097; 0.450
	Smokeless	1.422 ± 0.033
	Smoking	1.419 ± 0.033