Table 8. Correlations between changes in miRNA levels (post-fight), HTH, and functional measures.

		Hits to the Head			Two Legs Eyes Closed Balance			Digit Span Backwards Balance
Change	miRNA	All	Saliva	Serum	All	Saliva	Serum	All	Saliva	Serum
-/+	miR-10a-5p	0.013	0.149	0.031	-0.146	-0.029	-0.206	-0.006	-0.002	0.036
+/+	miR-10b-5p	-0.583	0.273	-0.610	-0.147	0.078	-0.228	0.202	0.294	0.012
/+	miR-122-5p	0.372	0.336	0.386	-0.192	-0.046	-0.278	0.034	-0.066	0.086
-/+	miR-128-3p	0.280	0.355	0.268	0.040	0.076	0.026	0.079	-0.011	0.157
-/+	miR-1307-3p	0.237	0.474	0.185	-0.102	-0.018	-0.145	-0.061	0.000	-0.070
-/+	miR-155-5p	0.079	0.107	0.099	-0.016	0.174	-0.039	0.159	0.281	0.231
+/	miR-20a-5p	-0.136	0.096	-0.175	-0.096	-0.168	-0.058	-0.025	-0.030	0.038
+/+	miR-30b-5p	0.070	0.197	-0.028	-0.006	-0.117	0.078	0.216	0.097	0.359
-/	miR-3146	0.124	0.251	-0.325	-0.181	-0.185	-0.182	-0.221	-0.274	-0.069
-/-	miR-3678-3p	0.421	0.658	-0.096	0.095	0.120	0.091	0.007	0.049	0.004
-/	miR-376a-5p	0.444	0.574	0.210	-0.025	-0.037	0.020	-0.171	-0.124	-0.278
-/-	miR-455-5p	0.254	0.36	0.118	-0.189	-0.187	-0.215	-0.195	-0.211	-0.176
/+	miR-4637	-0.210	0.023	-0.250	0.089	-0.009	0.159	-0.019	-0.253	0.298
-/	miR-4649-3p	0.058	0.055	-0.019	0.001	-0.002	-0.005	-0.103	-0.098	-0.184
/+	miR-4693-5p	-0.006	-0.031	-0.008	0.115	0.090	0.164	-0.015	-0.088	0.324
-/	miR-4766-5p	0.060	0.488	0.043	-0.063	-0.045	-0.385	-0.098	-0.121	0.324
-/-	miR-5694	0.055	-0.258	0.094	-0.058	0.027	-0.180	-0.037	0.067	-0.204
-/	miR-6770-5p	0.455	0.524	0.387	0.104	0.078	0.156	0.141	0.130	0.202
-/-	miR-6809-3p	0.293	0.439	0.079	-0.102	0.095	-0.132	-0.062	0.074	-0.213
-/	miR-7-1-3p	0.017	0.287	-0.049	-0.006	0.107	-0.075	-0.055	-0.128	0.041
-/-	miR-92a-3p	0.300	0.412	-0.013	-0.105	-0.184	-0.001	-0.122	-0.151	0.005

Pearson correlations between HTH values and changes in miRNa levels were adjusted using Bonferroni FDR < 0.05 (bold)

Correlations between TLEC, DSB_Bal and changes in miRNA levels were interpreted without FDR correction (p<0.05)