Table 5. Comparison of microarray results with qPCR.

PLASMA	miRNA	microarray Fold Change	p-value (ANOVA)	qPCR Fold Change	p-value (t-test)
DMI-PDR vs con	hsa-let-7a	-3.82	0.08	-1.96	0.58
	has-let-7b	-1.2	0.24	-1.34	0.42
	hsa-let-7c	-1.46	0.04	-2.22	0.22
DMII-PDR vs con	hsa-let-7a	-2	0.09	-4.07	0.10
	has-let-7b	-1.19	0.17	-5.38	0.005
	hsa-let-7c	-1.03	0.17	-7.67	0.003
DMII-NPDR vs con	hsa-let-7a	-2.14	0.11	-12.37	0.07
	has-let-7b	-1.1	0.75	-13.22	0.013
	hsa-let-7c	-1.06	0.40	-20.66	0.02