Table 3.
Comparison between tumoral and adjacent tissue regarding miRNA-34a and miRNA-221 expression.
| Tumor Type and miRNA | Normal (n = 18) |
Tumoral (n = 18) |
Difference (95% CI) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basocellular carcinoma (BCC) | ||||
| miRNA-34A, median (IQR) | 1.14 (0.88–1.34) | 0.89 (0.6–1.13) | 0.24 (−0.2–0.53) | 0.279 |
| miRNA-221, median (IQR) | 1.21 (0.72–1.77) | 1.75 (0.91–2.25) | 0.54 (−1.37–0.2) | 0.161 |
| Squamous carcinoma (SCC) | ||||
| miRNA-34A, median (IQR) | 1.03 (0.73–1.36) | 0.7 (0.49–1.39) | 0.33 (−0.25–0.57) | 0.308 |
| miRNA-221, median (IQR) | 1.09 (0.8–1.36) | 1.55 (0.95–2.19) | 0.46 (−1.12–−0.03) | 0.04 |
| Basosquamous carcinoma (BSC) | ||||
| miRNA-34A, median (IQR) | 0.21 (0.18–0.24) | 0.14 (0.09–0.18) | 0.07 (−0.07–0.21) | 1 |
| miRNA-221, median (IQR) | 0.17 (0.13–0.21) | 0.15 (0.14–0.15) | 0.03 (−0.05–0.1) | 1 |
miRNA, micro ribonucleic acid; IQR, interquartile range.