Table 2.

Association of miR-130a-3p with AS patients’ clinicopathological features

Variables	miR-130a-3p expression		P value
	Low (n = 35)	High (n = 39)
Age (years)	62.86 ± 8.94	66.21 ± 8.25	0.098
Gender (male)	22	26	0.732
Smoking	15	22	0.244
Drinking	9	15	0.242
Hypertension	12	26	0.005
Diabetes	14	18	0.594
hs-CRP (mg/L)	15.65 ± 12.44	15.85 ± 11.11	0.942
TC (mM)	4.68 ± 1.19	5.99 ± 1.27	< 0.001
TG (mM)	1.71 ± 0.69	1.79 ± 0.78	0.614
LDL-C (mM)	3.42 ± 0.66	4.12 ± 0.43	< 0.001
HDL-C (mM)	1.17 ± 0.13	1.13 ± 0.20	0.241

hs-CRP hypersensitivity C response protein, TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglyceride, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein cholesterol