Table 5.
Correlation between lnc-PVT1 and miR-146a markers with disease characters among RA group. The table illustrates that there is a statistically significant positive correlation with a p-value < 0.05 between the lnc-PVT1 marker and SJC among the RA group. There was no correlation with other study variables. On the other hand, there is no statistically significant correlation (p-value > 0.05) between miR146a and other variables among the RA group.
| Variables | lnc-PVT1 | miR-146a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p-Value | r | p-Value | |
| Disease duration | 0.21 | 0.2 | −0.15 | 0.4 |
| TJC | 0.08 | 0.6 | −0.13 | 0.4 |
| SJC | 0.35 | 0.03 * | −0.10 | 0.5 |
| DAS28 score | 0.16 | 0.3 | −0.19 | 0.2 |
TJC: tender joint count, SJC: swollen joint count, DAS28: disease activity score.