Table 1.

The relationship between clinical characteristics and miR-146a/TRAF6 expression in PBMCs in LN patients.

Clinical characteristics		Cases	miR-146a		χ2	P	TRAF6		χ2	P
			Overex-pression	Low expression			Overex-pression	Low expression
Age (year)	≤30	56	36	20	0.278	0.598	30	26	0.755	0.385
	>30	72	43	29			33	39
Gender	Male	16	9	7	1.854	0.173	6	10	0.079	0.778
	Female	112	85	27			38	74
Activity	Yes	40	12	28	7.271	0.007	30	10	11.972	<0.001
	No	88	49	39			37	51