Table 2.
Clinical and radiological characteristics according to baseline miRNA dysregulation.
| Clinicoradiological features | Baseline miRNA expression* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| miR-10a | miR-146a | miR-155 | |||
| Diagnosis age | 0.648 | 0.769 | 0.461 | ||
| Sex | 0.992 | 0.502 | 0.465 | ||
| Number of relapses | Baseline | 0.806 | 0.135 | 0.236 | |
| Final | 0.058 | 0.693 | 0.270 | ||
| Total | 0.789 | 0.288 | 0.637 | ||
| ARR | Baseline | 0.626 | 0.179 | 0.525 | |
| Final | 0.253 | 0.687 | 0.471 | ||
| Total | 0.451 | 0.450 | 0.998 | ||
| EDSS | Baseline | 0.052 | 0.527 | 0.293 | |
| Final | 0.007 | 0.837 | 0.999 | ||
| Increase during follow-up | 0.373 | 0.368 | 0.345 | ||
| Radiological Features (MRI) | Baseline | Cortical/Juxtacortical | 0.734 | 0.929 | 0.872 |
| Infratentorial | 0.827 | 0.077 | 0.128 | ||
| Cervical | 0.040 | 0.323 | 0.080 | ||
| Follow-up after analysis | Cortical/Juxtacortical | 0.841 | 0.103 | 0.216 | |
| Periventricular | 0.954 | 0.692 | 0.306 | ||
| Infratentorial | 0.644 | 0.083 | 0.200 | ||
| Cervical | 0.227 | 0.020 | 0.025 | ||
| CEL | 0.715 | 0.217 | 0.555 | ||
| New/Enlarging T2 Lesion | 0.632 | 0.107 | 0.052 | ||
ARR = annualized relapse rate, CEL = contrast-enhancing lesion(s), EDSS = Expanded Disability Status Scale, miR-10a = microRNA 10a, miR-146a = microRNA 146a, miR-155 = microRNA 155, miRNA = microRNA, MRI = magnetic resonance imaging.
Log2 2–∆∆CT, Bold P values are significant (<.05).