Table 6 Correlation of serum miRNA34a and miRNA192 with other studied parameters

Age (yrs.)

0.128

0.303

0.147

0.232

Gender^a

 Male/female

Percentage of male

0.192

0.119

0.038

0.761

Hypertension

 No

 Yes

0.255

0.037*

0.075

0.541

Diabetes

 Absent

 Oral hypoglycemic

 On insulin

−0.005

0.967

0.000

1.000

BMI (kg/m²)

0.140

0.267

0.087

0.487

Laboratory variables

Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)

0.366

0.016*

0.177

0.251

HB (g/dL)

−0.456

0.022*

−0.194

0.342

Platelets (10³/μL)

0.043

0.839

−0.193

0.344

Total leucocytic count (10³/μL)

−0.417

0.038*

−0.335

0.095

AST (U/L)

−0.188

0.137

−0.217

0.083

ALT (U/L)

−0.123

0.332

−0.148

0.238

Total bilirubin (mg/dL)

0.013

0.925

0.168

0.230

ALP (U/L)

−0.109

0.469

0.002

0.990

GGT (U/L)

−0.292

0.049*

−0.245

0.097

Total protein (g/dL)

−0.094

0.534

−0.273

0.064

Serum albumin (g/dL)

−0.061

0.691

−0.208

0.165

Cholesterol (mg/dl)

0.233

0.068

0.077

0.550

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

0.008

0.953

0.044

0.731

HDL (mg/dl)

0.095

0.464

−0.152

0.234

LDL (mg/dl)

−0.125

0.334

−0.090

0.482

miRNA-192

0.584

< 0.001**

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