Variable

MiRNA-21

MiRNA-122

Non-HCC

HCC

Non-HCC

HCC

r_S

P value

r_S

P value

r_S

P value

r_S

P value

Age

−0.578

0.024^*

0.081

0.740

−0.173

0.538

0.188

0.442

WBCs count (×1000/ cmm)

0.479

0.071

−0.192

0.430

0.207

0.458

−0.192

0.430

Hemoglobin level (g/dl)

0.792

<0.001^*

0.118

0.631

0.472

0.075

0.063

0.799

Platelet count (x1000/ cmm)

0.745

0.001^*

−0.427

0.680

0.453

0.090

0.027

0.912

Albumin (g/dl)

0.783

0.001^*

0.228

0.348

0.489

0.064

0.103

0.674

Creatinine (mg/dl)

−0.718

0.003^*

0.093

0.704

−0.409

0.130

0.004

0.986

INR

−0.60

0.018^*

0.254

0.294

−0.251

0.367

0.216

0.375

Total bilirubin (mg/dl)

−0.576

0.025^*

0.154

0.529

−0.71

0.801

0.223

0.358

Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L)

−0.605

0.017^*

−0.532

0.019^*

−0.182

0.517

−0.229

0.346

ALT (IU/L)

−0.691

0.004^*

0.146

0.55

−0.046

0.871

0.224

0.356

AST (IU/L)

−0.771

0.001^*

0.474

0.040^*

−0.344

0.210

0.846

<0.001^*

Prothrombin activity%

0.610

0.016^*

−0.296

0.219

0.233

0.403

−0.228

0.349

HCV RNA level (IU/ml)

0.369

0.176

−0.189

0.437

0.223

0.424

−0.564

0.012^*

Grading

−0.776

0.001^*

-

-

−0.201

0.473

-

-

Staging

−0.776

0.001^*

-

-

−0.201

0.473

-

-

Diameter of lesion

-

-

0.069

0.780

-

-

0.140

0.567

AFP

-

-

0.293

0.223

-

-

0.368

0.121

LDH

-

-

−0.097

0.692

-

-

−0.078

0.751

MiRNA-21

-

-

-

-

0.490

0.064

0.556

0.014^*

MiRNA-122

0.490

0.064

0.556

0.014^*

-

-

-

-