Table 3.

Correlation between miRs and MetS criteria

		Total cases				Group 1				Group 2				Group 3
486-5p	497	509-5p	605	486-5p	497	509-5p	605	486-5p	497	509-5p	605	486-5p	497	509-5p	605
WC (cm)	Correlation coefficient	0.992*	0.403*	0.603*	−0.402*	0.995*	0.300	0.100	0.173	0.987*	0.00226	0.137	0.192	0.998*	0.0355	0.0619	0.257
p-value	<0.0001*	0.0023*	<0.0001*	0.0023*	<0.0001*	0.2747	0.7213	0.5340	<0.0001*	0.9924	0.5641	0.4168	<0.0001*	0.8820	0.7955	0.2733
FPG (mg/dl)	Correlation coefficient	0.372*	0.999*	0.507*	−0.241	0.307	1.000*	0.00714	0.604*	−0.00376	0.999*	0.132	0.279	−0.0670	0.998*	−0.0361	0.322
p-value	0.0052*	<0.0001*	<0.0001*	0.0767	0.2650	<0.0001*	0.9847	0.0195*	0.9874	<0.0001*	0.5799	0.2344	0.7791	<0.0001*	0.8798	0.1661
TAG (mg/dl)	Correlation coefficient	0.600*	0.586*	0.947*	−0.511*	0.0929	0.00714	1.000*	−0.0393	0.186	0.195	0.967*	0.498*	−0.0511	0.419	0.0248	−0.101
p-value	<0.0001*	<0.0001*	<0.0001*	<0.0001*	0.7435	0.9847	<0.0001*	0.8929	0.4312	0.4088	<0.0001*	0.0255*	0.8304	0.0660	0.9173	0.6724
SBP (mmHg)	Correlation coefficient	−0.403*	−0.262	−0.545*	0.941*	0.304	0.601*	−0.169*	0.698*	0.173	0.0867	0.195	−0.130	0.146	0.399	−0.123	0.982*
p-value	0.0023*	0.0529	<0.0001*	<0.0001*	0.2740	0.0176*	0.0381*	<0.0001*	0.4647	0.7162	0.4098	0.584	0.5405	0.0814	0.6045	<0.0001*
DBP (mmHg)	Correlation coefficient	−0.406*	−0.253	−0.523*	0.946*	0.162	0.652*	0.0386	0.926*	−0.182	−0.0850	−0.134	−0.279	0.115	0.294	0.00632	0.948*
p-value	0.0021*	0.0625	<0.0001*	<0.0001*	0.5618	0.0110*	0.8947	<0.0001*	0.4422	0.7216	0.5745	0.2331	0.6284	0.2088	0.9789	<0.0001*

Notes: *Correlation is significant at p<0.05. Total cases (n) =55. Group 1 (n) =15. Group 2 (n) =20. Group 3 (n) =20