Table 3. Differentially expressed miRNAs in the serum between depressed and control subjects.

miRNA ID	MDD patients(n = 6)		Control patients(n = 6)		p value a
	Mean of ΔCt	SD	Mean of ΔCt	SD
miR-125a-5p	0.27	0.88	0.58	0.92	0.5614
miR-30a-5p	7.33	0.81	7.63	0.42	0.4367
let-7d-3p	-0.95	0.46	-0.28	0.28	0.0094
miR-34a-5p	5.61	0.49	6.71	0.52	0.0038
miR-221–3p	-1.73	0.26	-0.55	0.40	0.0001
miR-29b-3p	-2.23	0.17	-2.08	0.27	0.2685
miR-10a-5p	5.11	0.38	5.44	0.52	0.2475
miR-375	4.62	0.63	4.94	0.58	0.3760
miR-155–5p	5.78	0.82	6.61	0.96	0.1427
miR-33a-5p	6.44	0.74	6.94	0.41	0.1857
miR-139–5p	2.95	0.42	3.10	0.51	0.5698
miR-185–5p	3.61	0.42	3.77	0.30	0.4685
miR-590–5p	3.15	0.55	3.24	0.51	0.7703
miR-106b-5p	4.61	0.76	4.88	0.47	0.4741
miR-15Bb-5p	-1.14	0.26	-0.85	0.47	0.2101
miR-451a	-9.51	0.21	-10.18	0.17	0.0001

ΔCt = Ct of target miRNAs-Ct of miR-423–5p(endogenous reference gene)

SD = standard deviation

^a Independent sample t test.