Table 2.

Correlation of RNAs relative expression with clinical characteristics

Clinical characteristics	lnc‐ANRIL		miR‐125a		lnc‐ANRIL/miR‐125a axis
	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r
Biochemical index
Scr	0.051	0.174	<0.001	−0.306	<0.001	0.310
Albumin	0.305	−0.092	0.394	0.077	0.196	−0.116
WBC	0.106	0.145	0.048	−0.176	0.024	0.201
CRP	0.002	0.273	0.001	−0.289	<0.001	0.335
PCT	0.008	0.235	0.065	−0.165	0.009	0.231
Disease severity
APACHE II score	<0.001	0.291	0.001	−0.292	<0.001	0.354
SOFA score	<0.001	0.375	0.009	−0.233	<0.001	0.365
Inflammatory cytokine
TNF‐α	0.001	0.283	0.002	−0.273	<0.001	0.318
IL‐6	0.243	0.105	0.002	−0.276	0.010	0.229
IL‐8	0.001	0.294	0.003	−0.262	<0.001	0.323
IL‐17	0.100	0.147	<0.001	−0.312	0.004	0.252

Correlations were determined by Spearman's rank test. P value < 0.05 was considered significant.

Abbreviations: APACHE II, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II; CRP, C‐reactive protein; IL, interleukin; PCT, procalcitonin; r, correlation coefficient; Scr, serum creatinine; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; TNF‐α, tumor necrosis factor‐α; WBC, white blood cell.