Table 2.

Correlation between miR-146a levels and immune exhaustion markers of PBMCs.

	HIV-1-positive subjects
	Early stage (n = 27)	Chronic stage (n = 35)	All subjects (n = 62)
miR-146a in PBMCs vs
CTLA-4	r = 0.038; p = 0.856	r = 0.408; p = 0.012*	r = 0.339; p = 0.007**
TIM-3	r = 0.306; p = 0.137	r = 0.423; p = 0.020*	r = 0.378; p = 0.003**
LAG-3	r = 0.186; p = 0.374	r = 0.076; p = 0.657	r = 0.091; p = 0.482

All correlations are reported as Spearman r and P values (two-tailed). Significant values are shown in bold. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.