Table 4.

Comparison of HDL-associated miR-223, miR-24, miR-126, and miR-222 levels at baseline before surgery and 6 and 12 months after surgery

HDL-Associated miRNAs	Before Surgery (n = 53)		6 Months After Surgery (n = 42)			12 Months After Surgery (n = 53)			Overall Pb
	n	RQV/Protein (×10−5)	n	RQV/Protein (×10−5)	Pa	n	RQV/Protein (×10−5)	Pa
miR-24	53	2.5 (1.0–71.8)	42	11.1 (2.2–106.1)	0.033	53	4.3 (2.0–73.3)	0.004	0.023
miR-126	53	6.5 (1.3–35.4)	42	8.2 (1.2–33.7)	0.943	53	6.5 (1.9–3.9)	0.062	0.112
miR-222	26	0.7 (0.4–1.2)	17	0.8 (0.5–1.1)	0.016	26	1.3 (0.9–2.0)	0.003	0.002
miR-223	53	18.4 (1.9–131.1)	42	50.0 (3.5–232.6)	0.071	53	24.4 (3.6–325.8)	0.002	0.017

Data are presented median (interquartile range) in the unit of RQV/protein and were ln-transformed before analysis.

^aPs for change over time from baseline to 12 months after surgery (repeated measures ANOVA).

^bData were compared with those at baseline using paired t-test.