Table 9.

Correlation between miR-146a and miR-155 expression with the level of cytokines, Treg, and CD3+CTLA-4+ cells in patients based on genotypes.

Parameter	Genotype	N	miR-146a Expression		Genotype	N	miR-155 Expression
			Pearson correlation(r)	P value(2-tailed)			Pearson correlation(r)	P value(2-tailed)
IL-1β (pg/ml)	GG	11	0.74	0.009	TT	19	0.58	0.009
	GC	14	−0.30	0.29	AT	10	−0.25	0.48
	CC	8	−0.08	0.84	AA	4	−0.22	0.77
IL-6 (pg/ml)	GG	11	−0.34	0.30	TT	19	−0.21	0.38
	GC	14	−0.27	0.35	AT	10	−0.25	0.48
	CC	8	0.22	0.59	AA	4	−0.54	0.45
TNF-α (pg/ml)	GG	11	−0.16	0.62	TT	19	−0.7	0.76
	GC	14	−0.21	0.46	AT	10	*	*
	CC	8	−0.29	0.47	AA	4	−0.89	0.10
IFN-γ (pg/ml)	GG	11	−0.17	0.60	TT	19	0.01	0.96
	GC	14	−0.28	0.31	AT	10	−0.22	0.53
	CC	8	−0.09	0.82	AA	4	0.68	0.31
IL-4 (pg/ml)	GG	11	0.10	0.75	TT	19	*	*
	GC	14	*	*	AT	10	−0.07	0.83
	CC	8	*	*	AA	4	*	*
TGF-β (pg/ml)	GG	11	−0.57	0.06	TT	19	0.15	0.52
	GC	14	−0.26	0.35	AT	10	−0.16	0.64
	CC	8	−0.21	0.60	AA	4	−0.31	0.68
Treg Cells (%)	GG	5	−0.87	0.05	TT	6	0.56	0.24
	GC	5	0.61	0.26	AT	6	0.21	0.68
	CC	5	−0.02	0.96	AA	3	0.60	0.58
CD3+CTLA4+ Cells (%)	GG	11	−0.05	0.86	TT	19	−0.15	0.53
	GC	14	0.09	0.73	AT	10	0.75	0.01
	CC	8	0.79	0.01	AA	4	−0.54	0.45

Data are analyzed using linear regression, and r values are from Pearson’s correlation coefficient test.

*Cannot be computed because at least one of the variables is constant.

The values in red font are significant.