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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Virol. 2014 Jun 4;86(9):1507–1514. doi: 10.1002/jmv.23987

TABLE III.

Spearman’s Rank Order Correlations (rho) Between ALT Levels and miR-122 or hgDNA

Rho P-value N
miR-122 all cases 0.481 <0.001 71
  Acetaminophen induced 0.310 0.184 20
  Other causes 0.439 0.101 15
  Elevated chronic hepatitis C 0.621 0.002 22
  Normal chronic hepatitis C 0.620 0.018 14
hgDNA all cases 0.622 <0.001 70
  Acetaminophen induced 0.104 0.673 19
  Other causes −0.171 0.541 15
  Elevated chronic hepatitis C 0.020 0.928 22
  Normal chronic hepatitis C −0.315 0.272 14

hgDNA, human genomic DNA; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; miR-122, microRNA-122.

Spearman rank order correlations (rho) between ALT levels and either miR-122 or hgDNA for all cases were significant, but significant subgroup correlations were only found for miR-122 and ALT levels in the chronic hepatitis C subgroups.