Table 2.
Correlation of Baseline miRNAs (CTs) with Baseline Circulating Tumor Cell Categories for All Prespecified miRNA measures and Exploratory miRNA with p< 0.10
| miRNA | Median miRNA for Each CTC group | p-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTC=0 | CTC = 1–4 | CTC= 5+ | ||
| miR-141 | 32.9 | 32.7 | 31.9 | 0.0006 |
| miR-200a | 34.4 | 34.7 | 33.0 | 0.23 |
| miR-200b | 33.4 | 33.2 | 33.6 | 0.52 |
| miR-210 | 32.5 | 32.7 | 32.1 | 0.39 |
| miR-375 | 32.8 | 32.7 | 30.2 | 0.13 |
| Additional exploratory miRNA candidates | ||||
| miR-188-5p | 34.5 | 37.1 | 34.4 | 0.02 |
| miR-885-5p | 33.2 | 36.0 | 34.1 | 0.04 |
| miR-429 | 36.7 | 34.3 | 33.5 | 0.04 |
| miR-135a | 33.5 | 33.6 | 34.2 | 0.04 |
| miR-483-3p | 37.2 | 37.8 | 39.5 | 0.05 |
| miR-190 | 35.2 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 0.05 |
| miR-370 | 34.6 | 33.9 | 33.0 | 0.05 |
| miR-299-5p | 35.0 | 35.7 | 33.7 | 0.06 |
| miR-199b-5p | 32.1 | 31.7 | 32.5 | 0.06 |
| miR-570 | 35.1 | 35.0 | 36.5 | 0.07 |
*
Based on 2 degree of freedom chisquare, Friedman test