Table 3.

Serum levels of the three microRNA candidates in the case and control groups.

	Cases (n = 49)	Controls (n = 49)	P
miR-9-5p	0.514 ± 0.327	0.356 ± 0.233	0.002
miR-17-5p	2.070 ± 0.593	2.177 ± 0.608	0.996
miR-148a-3p	2.557 ± 0.891	2.086 ± 0.552	<0.001

Data were expressed as the mean ± standard error.