Table 2.

The expressions of serum miRNAs in control and PCOS subjects and relative expression in PCOS subjects with respect to control. ∆C_T and $2^{-\mathrm{\Delta }{\text{C}}_{\text{T}}}$ values are represented as mean ± SD

miRNAs	Control			PCOS			Relative changes in gene expression compared to control ($2^{-\mathrm{\Delta }\mathrm{\Delta }{\text{C}}_{\text{T}}}$)	P value
	∆CT	$2^{-\mathrm{\Delta }{\text{C}}_{\text{T}}}$	Median	∆CT	$2^{-\mathrm{\Delta }{\text{C}}_{\text{T}}}$	Median
miR-24	3.29 ± 0.95	0.12 ± 0.06	1.29 × 10−1	4.85 ± 0.84	0.04 ± 0.02	3.74 × 10−2	0.53	0.00*
miR-29a	5.16 ± 1.21	0.038 ± 0.03	2.40 × 10−2	6.17 ± 1.67	0.013 ± 0.31	1.19 × 10−2	1.01	0.15 (NS)
miR-502-3p	2.53 ± 1.39	0.24 ± 0.18	1.89 × 10−1	2.05 ± 0.91	0.29 ± 0.21	2.34 × 10−1	2.11	0.56 (NS)

miR, microRNA; ΔC_T = C_{T miRCase} − C_{T Rnu6}; $2^{-\mathrm{\Delta }{\text{C}}_{\text{T}}}$, expression of miRNAs; NS, not significant; Significant at P*< 0.01