Table 3.

Correlation between circulating expression of let-7 family members and various clinical parameters (n = 236) ¹.

		Age	AST	ALT	PLT	HCV RNA
Cluster1	let7a	−0.0986	−0.1898 *	−0.0772	0.2433 *	0.1118
	let7d	−0.0846	−0.1757	−0.0747	0.2209 *	0.0829
	let7e	−0.1431	−0.1504	−0.0546	0.2113 *	0.1211
	let7g	−0.1495	−0.2038 *	−0.1041	0.1911 *	0.1386
Cluster2	let7b	−0.0172	−0.0746	−0.0106	0.1384	0.1118
	let7i	−0.1141	−0.126	−0.0153	0.1365	0.0848
Cluster3	let7c	−0.0456	−0.1298	−0.0448	0.0473	0.0753
	let7f	−0.045	−0.1576	−0.0499	0.0728	0.1442
	miR98	−0.0195	−0.0915	−0.0373	0.0046	0.062

¹ Data represents correlation between miRNA expression and the values of each clinical parameter, as reported in Table 1. Correlation was determined using Pearson’s test. AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; PLT, platelet count; HCV, hepatitis C viral load. * = p < 0.05 following the Bonferroni correction (α = 0.0056).