miR-122 negatively correlates with liver fibrosis as detected by histology and FibroScan

Table 2 Correlation of miRNA levels with fibrosis stage, liver stiffness, and alanine aminotransferase values

miRNA	All samples(n = 52)	Etiology groups
		Autoimmune	Viral	Mixed
		(n = 19)	(n = 24)	(n = 9)
Fibrosis stage
miR-122	r = -0.4	r = -0.3	r = -0.3	r = -0.8
	P < 0.01	P < 0.20	P < 0.10	P < 0.02
miR-221	r = -0.3	r = -0.3	r = -0.5	r = -0.2
	P < 0.03	P < 0.20	P < 0.01	P < 0.40
Liver stiffness
miR-122	r = -0.4,	r = -0.4	r = -0.2	r = -0.7
	P < 0.01	P < 0.09	P < 0.30	P < 0.05
miR-224	r = 0.3	r = 0.3	r = 0.1	r = 0.6
	P < 0.04	P < 0.20	P < 0.70	P < 0.07
Alanine aminotransferase
miR-21	r = 0.3	r = 0.5	r = 0.4	r = -0.4
	P < 0.04	P < 0.03	P < 0.09	P < 0.30