Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with hepatitis C virus-1b infection

Variable	High expression of miR-93-5p	Low expression of miR-93-5p	P value
Gender			0.382
Male	25	20
Female	17	22
Age			0.189
Median
>44	19	26
≤44	23	16
HCV-1b treatment			0.001
Resistance	25	9
Sensitivity	17	33

Differences between variables were analyzed by the χ² test. HCV: Hepatitis C virus.