Table 2.

Partial Spearman rank correlation coefficients of circulating microRNAs

	hsa‐miR‐20a‐5p ΔC t	hsa‐miR‐21‐5p ΔC t	hsa‐miR‐23a‐3p ΔC t	hsa‐miR‐27b‐3p ΔC t	hsa‐miR‐30b‐5p ΔC t	hsa‐miR‐93‐5p ΔC t	hsa‐miR‐106b‐5p ΔC t	hsa‐miR‐107 ΔC t	hsa‐miR‐122‐5p ΔC t	hsa‐miR‐144‐3p ΔC t	hsa‐miR‐148b‐3p ΔC t	hsa‐miR‐210‐3p ΔC t	hsa‐miR‐221‐3p ΔC t	hsa‐let‐7a‐5p ΔC t
hsa‐miR‐20a‐5p ΔC t	—	0.31**	−0.18**	0.03**	0.20**	0.51**	0.54**	−0.32**	−0.12	0.08**	−0.10**	−0.01**	0.01**	−0.03**
hsa‐miR‐21‐5p ΔC t		—	0.46**	−0.20**	−0.24**	0.06**	−0.28**	0.20**	0.32**	0.12**	0.31**	0.21**	0.00**	0.26**
hsa‐miR‐23a‐3p ΔC t			—	0.59**	0.18**	0.22**	0.28**	−0.42**	−0.15	−0.26**	−0.25**	−0.04**	0.36**	−0.16**
hsa‐miR‐27b‐3p ΔC t				—	0.10**	0.11**	−0.23**	0.43**	0.06**	0.30**	0.23**	−0.20**	0.14**	−0.01**
hsa‐miR‐30b‐5p ΔC t					—	−0.08**	−0.06**	0.17**	0.07	−0.01**	0.34**	−0.10**	−0.04**	0.37**
hsa‐miR‐93‐5p ΔC t						—	0.01**	0.15**	0.10	0.17**	0.23**	−0.12**	−0.23**	−0.22**
hsa‐miR‐106b‐5p ΔC t							—	0.41**	0.15	0.10**	0.15**	0.27**	−0.09**	0.14**
hsa‐miR‐107 ΔC t								—	−0.19**	0.02**	−0.09**	0.13**	0.08**	−0.01
hsa‐miR‐122‐5p ΔC t									—	−0.20**	−0.49**	0.24**	0.03**	0.15
hsa‐miR‐144‐3p ΔC t										—	−0.11**	0.18**	−0.08	−0.01
hsa‐miR‐148b‐3p ΔC t											—	0.19**	0.07**	0.11**
hsa‐miR‐210‐3p ΔC t												—	0.37**	−0.20**
hsa‐miR‐221‐3p ΔC t													—	0.38**
hsa‐let‐7a‐5p ΔC t														—

Correlation is weak for most pairs of miRNAs, reflecting low collinearity. The only pairs of correlations with R > 0.5 were between miR‐23 & miR‐27, miR‐20 & miR‐106, and miR‐20 & miR‐93.

^** P value < 0.001.