Table 6.
Spearman correlation among the miRNAs and components of MetS.
| Total subjects | MetS group | Control group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| miR-18a-5p | miR-22-3p | miR-18a-5p | miR-22-3p | miR-18a-5p | miR-22-3p | |
| WC | -0.518∗∗ | -0.381∗∗ | -0.147 | -0.097 | 0.191 | -0.099 |
| HC | -0.512∗∗ | -0.261∗ | -0.456∗∗ | -0.068 | 0.329∗ | 0.161 |
| WH | -0.526∗∗ | -0.449∗∗ | -0.196 | -0.215 | 0.007 | -0.258 |
| BMI | -0.514∗∗ | -0.279∗ | -0.206 | 0.08 | 0.344∗ | 0.129 |
| SBP | -0.502∗∗ | -0.305∗∗ | 0.105 | 0.28 | -0.067 | -0.133 |
| DBP | -0.462∗∗ | -0.365∗∗ | -0.004 | -0.018 | 0.232 | -0.047 |
| FPG | -0.411∗∗ | -0.283∗ | -0.087 | -0.02 | 0.065 | -0.099 |
| TG | -0.437∗∗ | -0.327∗∗ | -0.05 | 0.039 | 0.288 | -0.051 |
| HDLC | 0.593∗∗ | 0.377∗∗ | 0.271 | 0.305 | 0.336∗ | 0.061 |
| SUA | -0.612∗∗ | -0.429∗∗ | -0.265 | -0.021 | -0.429∗∗ | -0.257 |
Legend: ∗P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01. Abbreviations: WC: waist circumference; HC: hip circumference; WH: rate of waist circumference to hip circumference; BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FPG: fast plasma glucose; TG: triglyceride; HDLC: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.