Cytokine | miR-499 | miR-133 | Mir-206 | ||||
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Patient group | r | p | r | p | r | p | |
IL-2 | 0.33 | 0.056 | 0.35 | 0.049 | 0.32 | 0.07 | |
GOLD I/II | IL-5 | 0.22 | 0.202 | 0.23 | 0.201 | 0.42 | 0.016 |
TNF | 0.25 | 0.162 | 0.28 | 0.118 | 0.36 | 0.038 | |
IL-2 | 0.15 | 0.223 | 0.37 | 0.002 | 0.39 | <0.001 | |
GOLD III/IV | IL-5 | 0.238 | 0.052 | 0.39 | <0.001 | 0.38 | <0.001 |
TNF | 0.27 | 0.023 | 0.25 | 0.042 | 0.36 | 0.038 | |
IL-2 | 0.33 | <0.001 | 0.34 | <0.001 | 0.36 | <0.001 | |
All | IL-5 | 0.31 | 0.002 | 0.32 | <0.001 | 0.34 | <0.001 |
TNF | 0.22 | 0.026 | 0.22 | 0.025 | 0.27 | 0.007 |
GOLD, Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease; IL, interleukin; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.
Bold signifies statistically significant correlation p<0.01.