Table 3.

Correlation of miR-122 and miR-224 level with clinical variables in CHC and HCC groups.

	CHC group				HCC group
	MiR-122		MiR-224		MiR-122		MiR-224
	R	P-value	R	P-value	R	P-value	R	P-value
AFP	0.7	<0.001	0.22	0.81	−0.66	<0.001	0.44	0.004
ALT	0.53	<0.001	−0.02	0.89	−0.67	<0.001	0.44	0.004
AST	0.57	<0.001	0.06	0.69	−0.61	<0.001	0.52	<0.001
ALP	0.47	0.002	−0.07	0.69	−0.66	<0.001	0.37	0.02
PC	−0.56	<0.001	−0.01	0.95	0.55	<0.001	−0.46	0.002
PLT	−0.44	0.005	0.08	0.62	−0.09	0.39	−0.16	0.32
Albumin	−0.54	<0.001	−0.15	0.35	0.54	<0.001	−0.5	0.001
Bilirubin	−0.15	0.36	−0.2	0.43	−0.03	0.41	0.02	0.92
Tumor Size					−0.35	0.03	0.87	<0.001
MiR-122	–	–	0.04	0.81	–	–	−0.34	0.03
MiR-224	0.04	0.81	–	–	−0.34	0.033	–	–

AFP: alpha fetoprotein, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ALP: alkaline phosphatase, PC: prothrombin concentration, PLT: platelets Count, CT: Computed tomography.