Table 2.

Candidate miRNAs between high and low expression groups

	2−∆∆Ct Cut‐off value (median)	High expression group				Low expression group				P a value	P b value
		∆∆Ct mean	∆∆Ct VAR	2−∆∆Ct mean	2−∆∆Ct SD	∆∆Ct mean	∆∆Ct VAR	2−∆∆Ct mean	2−∆∆Ct SD
let‐7b	0.268	1.199	0.312	0.475	0.249	2.741	0.584	0.167	0.065	<0.001	<0.001
miR‐17‐3p	1.552	−1.006	0.090	2.062	0.602	−0.128	0.263	1.149	0.303	<0.001	<0.001
miR‐17‐5p	1.279	−0.768	0.097	1.747	0.443	0.477	1.005	0.834	0.336	<0.001	<0.001
miR‐18a	0.607	0.152	0.205	0.950	0.350	1.332	0.463	0.428	0.127	<0.001	<0.001
miR‐19a	0.754	−0.097	0.186	1.127	0.453	1.108	0.786	0.517	0.173	<0.001	<0.001
miR‐19b	1.034	−0.594	0.165	1.578	0.543	1.338	1.783	0.524	0.304	<0.001	<0.001
miR‐20a	1.714	−1.432	0.134	2.787	0.732	0.709	2.766	0.846	0.470	<0.001	<0.001
miR‐92a	2.268	−1.923	0.193	3.974	1.255	0.154	1.391	1.147	0.637	<0.001	<0.001
miR‐126	0.471	0.605	0.219	0.700	0.305	1.648	0.508	0.345	0.099	<0.001	<0.001
miR‐130a	1.939	−1.709	0.255	3.487	1.348	0.499	1.873	0.964	0.581	<0.001	<0.001
miR‐210	2.017	−1.724	0.220	3.490	1.228	0.393	2.301	1.047	0.605	<0.001	<0.001
miR‐296	1.557	−1.401	0.260	2.816	1.068	0.637	1.470	0.820	0.439	<0.001	<0.001
miR‐378	2.021	−1.769	0.271	3.649	1.453	0.337	2.369	1.053	0.540	<0.001	<0.001

Comparison among groups was determined by t test. P < 0.05 was considered significant. VAR, variance; SD, standard deviation.

^aComparison of ∆∆Ct between high expression group and low expression group.

^bComparison of 2^−∆∆Ct between high expression group and low expression group.