Table 1. Relationships between miR-96-5p expression level and other SLE parameters and between miR-182-5p expression level and other SLE parameters.

Parameter	miR96-5p		miR182-5p
	Pearson’s correlation coefficient	P value (two-tailed)	Pearson’s correlation coefficient	P value (two-tailed)
miR96-5p	1	—	0.960	<0.001
miR182-5p	0.960	<0.001	1	—
Spleen weight	0.766	0.001	0.753	0.001
Lymph node weight	0.732	0.001	0.708	0.002
Spleen weight/body weight	0.772	<0.001	0.750	0.001
Lymph node weight/body weight	0.718	0.002	0.693	0.003
BUN	0.135	0.619	0.051	0.850
Glomerular IgG deposition	0.606	0.013	0.621	0.010
Glomerular C3 deposition	0.915	<0.001	0.904	<0.001
Urine protein, 40 weeks of age	0.319	0.229	0.273	0.306
Urine creatinine, 40 weeks of age	0.224	0.403	0.393	0.132
Urine protein/creatinine, 40 weeks of age	0.260	0.332	0.164	0.544
Anti-dsDNA antibody, 40 weeks of age	0.734	0.001	0.631	0.009
CD138	0.930	<0.001	0.918	<0.001
ROR-γt+	−0.151	0.699	−0.182	0.638
T-bet+	0.659	0.054	0.699	0.036
GATA3+	−0.062	0.874	−0.052	0.894
CD4+CD25+	−0.651	0.057	−0.642	0.062
ROR-γt+ of CD4+ CD25+	0.143	0.713	0.008	0.984
Tbet+ of CD4+ CD25+	0.844	0.004	0.815	0.007
GATA+ of CD4+ CD25+	−0.114	0.770	−0.127	0.745
CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+	−0.829	0.006	−0.804	0.009
CD4+ CD25+ ROR-γt+	−0.284	0.458	−0.396	0.291
CD4+ CD25+T-bet+	0.056	0.887	0.038	0.923
CD4+CD25+GATA3+	−0.210	0.588	−0.219	0.571
Treg/Th17	−0.392	0.297	−0.249	0.518
Th1/Th2	0.829	0.006	0.841	0.004

Pearson’s correlations were used to evaluate the relationships miRNA expression levels and other SLE parameters. Correlations were defined as weak (<0.3), moderate (0.3–0.7), or strong (>0.7). SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus, BUN: blood urea nitrogen.