TABLE 5.
Correlations between serum exosomal miR-21, miR-126, and PTEN levels and classical cardiovascular risk factors in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and unstable angina pectoris (UA) and control subjects.
| Variable | Exosomal miR-126 |
Exosomal miR-21 |
Exosomal PTEN |
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| Control | UA | AMI | Control | UA | AMI | Control | UA | AMI | ||
| Age | r | –0.181 | 0.082 | –0.016 | 0.261 | –0.135 | –0.243 | 0.417 | –0.060 | –0.155 |
| P | 0.421 | 0.662 | 0.927 | 0.241 | 0.468 | 0.165 | 0.054 | 0.750 | 0.381 | |
| Sex | r | –0.064 | 0.074 | 0.105 | –0.107 | 0.089 | –0.105 | –0.043 | –0.085 | –0.132 |
| P | 0.776 | 0.692 | 0.553 | 0.634 | 0.634 | 0.553 | 0.849 | 0.649 | 0.458 | |
| HR | r | –0.086 | –0.342 | –0.067 | 0.151 | 0.097 | –0.167 | 0.059 | 0.117 | 0.238 |
| P | 0.704 | 0.060 | 0.705 | 0.502 | 0.605 | 0.344 | 0.794 | 0.531 | 0.175 | |
| SBP | r | –0.050 | 0.085 | –0.027 | –0.301 | –0.052 | 0.289 | –0.209 | –0.094 | 0.049 |
| P | 0.824 | 0.648 | 0.878 | 0.174 | 0.781 | 0.098 | 0.352 | 0.615 | 0.781 | |
| DBP | r | –0.141 | 0.086 | 0.050 | –0.044 | –0.121 | 0.306 | 0.123 | –0.126 | –0.259 |
| P | 0.532 | 0.644 | 0.780 | 0.847 | 0.517 | 0.079 | 0.584 | 0.499 | 0.139 | |
| Cr | r | 0.102 | 0.096 | 0.143 | –0.176 | 0.232 | 0.235 | 0.087 | 0.014 | –0.245 |
| P | 0.650 | 0.608 | 0.419 | 0.434 | 0.208 | 0.181 | 0.700 | 0.941 | 0.163 | |
| NT-proBNP | r | 0.131 | 0.255 | –0.002 | –0.075 | 0.034 | –0.056 | 0.070 | 0.035 | –0.096 |
| P | 0.561 | 0.167 | 0.991 | 0.742 | 0.856 | 0.752 | 0.757 | 0.851 | 0.590 | |
| Glu | r | –0.014 | –0.214 | –0.226 | –0.003 | –0.243 | 0.312 | –0.154 | 0.333 | –0.145 |
| P | 0.952 | 0.247 | 0.200 | 0.990 | 0.188 | 0.073 | 0.495 | 0.067 | 0.414 | |
| TGs | r | 0.282 | –0.089 | –0.173 | –0.049 | –0.211 | 0.244 | –0.032 | –0.298 | –0.241 |
| P | 0.204 | 0.634 | 0.328 | 0.828 | 0.254 | 0.164 | 0.889 | 0.014 | 0.169 | |
| TC | r | 0.224 | –0.071 | –0.127 | 0.201 | 0.031 | –0.153 | –0.392 | 0.127 | 0.087 |
| P | 0.315 | 0.703 | 0.473 | 0.369 | 0.870 | 0.389 | 0.071 | 0.495 | 0.624 | |
| LDL | r | 0.391 | –0.039 | 0.033 | –0.131 | 0.042 | 0.070 | –0.357 | 0.275 | 0.042 |
| P | 0.072 | 0.834 | 0.852 | 0.561 | 0.824 | 0.694 | 0.103 | 0.134 | 0.813 | |
| HDL | r | –0.002 | 0.015 | –0.006 | –0.023 | 0.056 | –0.248 | –0.151 | 0.273 | –0.080 |
| P | 0.992 | 0.935 | 0.973 | 0.918 | 0.766 | 0.244 | 0.502 | 0.137 | 0.653 | |
| cTnI | r | –0.016 | –0.341 | –0.107 | –0.037 | –0.200 | –0.246 | –0.005 | 0.082 | 0.133 |
| P | 0.945 | 0.060 | 0.546 | 0.869 | 0.281 | 0.160 | 0.983 | 0.662 | 0.453 | |
HR, heart rate; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; Cr, creatinine; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-B natriuretic peptide; Glu, blood glucose; TG, triglyceride; TC, total cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; cTnI, cardiac troponin I. r = Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.