Table 6.

The Median Values of Fold Changes of miRNAs among the Studied Groups

	Median values of fold changes
	HCC (n=40)	Cirrhosis (n=20)	HCV (n=20)	Control (n=40)	p
Let-7a-1	0.526	4.37 *	0.31†	1.07	0.011
	(0.145-2.26)	(0.7- 8.27)	(0.034-2.88)	(0.16-7.03)
Let-7d-1	0.673	1.79	0.79	2.34	0.28
	(0.0915-2.51)	(0.94-3.88)	(0.75-6.88)	(0.15-5.7)
Let-7f-1	0.84	1.4	0.51	1.58	0.166
	(0.197-1.90)	(0.65-4.63)	(0.19-1.52)	(0.35-4.09)
miR-143	0.089	0.44	0.06	0.94 *‡	0.001
	(0.0247-0.81)	(0.1-2.02)	(0.013-0.273)	(0.09-7.39)
miR-145	0.265	1.13	0.19	0.80*	0.003
	(0.0832-0.85)	(0.27-2.74)	(0.06-0.6)	(0.21-4.2)

All Data are presented median as (25th -75th percentiles); Results were expressed as fold change (FC); *significant difference from HCC group at P < 0.05; † significant difference from liver cirrhosis group at P < 0.05; ‡ significant difference from HCV group at P < 0.05