Figure 1. A, miR-3666 was up-regulated in the peripheral blood of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) patients (measured by qRT-PCR in peripheral blood from 30 healthy volunteers and 60 patients with T2D). Data are reported as means±SE, and were compared with the t-test. B, Correlation between miR-3666 level and blood glucose determined by Spearman correlation analysis (r=0.5687, P<0.0001).