Fig. 1.

MicroRNA-27b (miR-27b) was significantly upregulated in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Box plots show serum levels of miR-27b in A) healthy volunteers and hypertensive patients with LVH, and B) hypertensive patients with and without LVH. Expression levels of miR-27b are normalized to U6. Lines inside the boxes display the medians. Boxes mark the interval between the 25th and 75th percentiles. Whiskers indicate intervals between the minimum and maximum. P <0.05 was considered statistically significant.