Table 2.

The qPCR expression levels of the serum microRNAs in the studied groups.

miRNAs	Normal	CHC	LC	HCC
miRNA-16	14.26 ± 0.69	24.09 ± 0.44**	23.29 ± 0.46**	22.35 ± 0.54**a
miRNA-34a	27.32 ± 0.19	32.69 ± 0.34**	30.01 ± 0.54**b	32.50 ± 0.94**
miRNA-125a	20.57 ± 0.54	96.01 ± 4.36**	100.54 ± 0.81**	29.96 ± 0.57**d
miRNA-139	29.96 ± 0.57	94.63 ± 0.38**	86.02 ± 0.40**e	30.03 ± 0.43d
miRNA-145	20.65 ± 0.52	85.31 ± 0.53**	80.74 ± 0.59**	20.64 ± 0.57d
miRNA-199a	80.23 ± 0.72	330.38 ± 0.74**	311.98 ± 0.72**	66.16 ± 0.44c d
miRNA-221	22.82 ± 0.38	27.17 ± 1.44**	28.22 ± 0.41**	28.51 ± 0.46**

^**p < 0.01 significant increase than control; ^ap < 0.01 significant decrease than CHC; ^bp < 0.01 significant decrease than CHC and HCC; ^cp < 0.01 significant decrease than control; ^dp < 0.01 significant decrease than CHC and LC; ^ep < 0.01 significant decrease than CHC