Table 1.

Circulating miRNAs differentially expressed between obese vs. non obese subjects, identified at least in 2 studies.

MicroRNAs	New miRBase annotations	Number of subjects	Number of studies with fold change indications	Fold changes (obeses vs. non obeses)	References
miR-221	miR-221-3p	186		−3.22; −5.94	Ortega [27]; Prats-Puig [29]
miR-142-3p	miR-142-3p	186	2	3.19;+2.79	Ortega [27]; Prats-Puig [29]
miR-125b	miR-125-5p	186	2	−3.31; −1.93	Ortega [27]; Prats-Puig [29]
miR-140-5p	miR-140-5p	186	2	2.59;+1.41	Ortega [27]; Prats-Puig [29]
miR-222	miR-222-3p	186	2	1.92;+1.62	Ortega [27]; Prats-Puig [29]
miR-103	miR-103a-5p	61	2	−2.57	Karolina [46]
		24	1	decreased	Murri [35]
miR-21	miR-21-5p	85		decreased	Ortega [27]; Murri [35]
miR-423-5p	miR-423-5p	125		1.91	Prats-Puig [29]
		61	1	−5.9	Ortega [27]
miR-532-5p	miR-532-5p	125		1.91	Prats-Puig [29]
		61	1	−2.19	Ortega [27]
miR-122	miR-122-5p	248	1	1.6; +3.07	Prats-Puig [29]; Wang [63]
		61	2	decreased	Ortega [27]
miR-130b	miR-130b-3p	125	1	1.5	Prats-Puig [29]
		61	1	−3.14	Ortega [27]