Table 5.
Significant relations among enrolled circulating miRNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma patients
| miR-138b | miR-494 | miR-145 | miR-375 | miR-214-5p | miR-1269 | miR-125b | |
| miR-138b | r = 0.471 | r = 0.521 | NS | r = 0.649 | r = 0.862 | r = 0.685 | |
| P = 0.008 | P = 0.006 | P < 0.0002 | P < 0.0001 | P < 0.0001 | |||
| miR-494 | r = 0.471 | r = 0.538 | NS | NS | r = 0.418 | NS | |
| P = 0.008 | P = 0.003 | P = 0.021 | |||||
| miR-145 | r = 0.521 | r = 0.538 | r = 0.460 | r = 0.449 | r = 0.453 | NS | |
| P = 0.006 | P = 0.003 | P = 0.038 | P < 0.009 | P = 0.019 | |||
| miR-375 | NS | NS | r = 0.460 | r = 0.884 | NS | NS | |
| P = 0.038 | P < 0.0001 | ||||||
| miR-214-5p | r = 0.649 | NS | r = 0.449 | r = 0.884 | r = 0.621 | r = 0.518 | |
| P < 0.0002 | P < 0.009 | P < 0.0001 | P = 0.0005 | P = 0.005 | |||
| miR-1269 | r = 0.862 | r = 0.418 | r = 0.453 | NS | r = 0.621 | r = 0.602 | |
| P < 0.0001 | P = 0.021 | P = 0.019 | P = 0.0005 | P = 0.001 | |||
| miR-125b | r = 0.685 | NS | NS | NS | r = 0.518 | r = 0.602 | |
| P < 0.0001 | P = 0.005 | P = 0.001 |
r is the Spearman rho coefficient. NS: Non-significant.