Table 3. Serum miRNA expression levels in CHC patients and healthy controls.

miRNA	CHC patients (n = 106)	Controls (n = 40)	P value
miR-146a	2.75 (1.07–13.62)	5.77 (5.14–22.75)	0.011*
miR-34a	3.54 (1.71–7.3)	0.61 (0.28–0.78)	<0.0001*
miR-130a	3.41 (1.73–10.7)	1.01 (0.12–1.03)	<0.0001*
miR-19a	6.28 (2.29–20.12)	1.36 (0.91–2.03)	<0.0001*
miR-192	1.91 (0.82–3.6)	0.64 (0.05–0.86)	<0.0001*
miR-195	21.56 (8.75–53.1)	9.8 (4.8–19.3)	0.0002*
miR-296	2.2 (0.89–3.82)	0.4 (0.2–0.62)	<0.0001*

Data are expressed as median (25%-75% percentiles) and were analyzed by Mann-Whitney U test.

* indicates statistical significance (P<0.05).