Table 3.

Analysis of correlation of 14 serum miRNAs with liver steatosis, as assessed by RT-qPCR.

		Obese BS Patient % Fat Biopsy Digital Image		Obese BS Patient MRI-PDFF Dixon
	miRNA	Pearson r	p-Value	Pearson r	p-Value
1	143-3p	0.51	0.016	0.43	0.045
2	145-3p	0.66	0.001	0.55	0.010
3	145-5p	0.01	0.963	−0.01	0.963	non-validated
4	148b-5p	−0.15	0.507	−0.32	0.143	non-validated
5	182-5p	−0.32	0.156	−0.31	0.172
6	192-5p	0.45	0.038	0.45	0.036
7	32-5p	0.06	0.793	0.39	0.067
8	34a-5p	0.34	0.118	0.28	0.201
9	362-3p	−0.05	0.813	−0.01	0.970	non-validated
10	500a-5p	0.34	0.128	0.29	0.198
11	501-3p	0.02	0.913	0.01	0.981	non-validated
12	93-5p	−0.34	0.119	−0.36	0.098
13	98-5p	0.07	0.755	0.45	0.034
14	122-5p	0.54	0.092	0.22	0.328