Table 2.

miRNA candidates that were differentially expressed between non-OSA and OSA male subjects. Fourteen miRNAs were selected based on their fold change and their correlation with the AHI and arousal index.

miRNA	Fold change	p-value	AHI correlation	Arousal index correlation
hsa-miR-181a-2	3.72	0.001	−0.51	−0.42
hsa-miR-495	2.22	0.004	−0.58	−0.79
hsa-miR-451	0.52	0.006	0.18	−0.06
hsa-miR-486	0.52	0.007	0.54	0.28
hsa-miR-660	0.65	0.015	0.42	0.22
hsa-miR-345	0.69	0.021	0.47	0.41
hsa-miR-340	1.51	0.026	−0.61	−0.49
hsa-miR-107	1.62	0.029	−0.63	−0.45
hsa-miR-486-3p	0.55	0.03	0.38	0.31
hsa-miR-133a	0.37	0.049	−0.13	−0.06
hsa-miR-181a	0.73	0.066	0.47	0.5
hsa-let-7d	1.35	0.1	−0.52	−0.67
hsa-miR-199a	1.3	0.157	−0.28	−0.41
hsa-miR-199b	0.81	0.332	0.42	0.36