European Journal of Medical Research

Table 3 Correlations between serum hepcidin and other circulating miRNAs parameters

From: Circulating microRNAs and hepcidin as predictors of iron homeostasis and anemia among school children: a biochemical and cross-sectional survey analysis

Variables	Serum hepcidin		miRNAs expression
	Serum hepcidin		miR-146a		miR-125b		miR-122
	r	P	r	P	r	P	r	P
Age	− 0.125	0.11	− 0.29	0.31	− 0.68	0.13	− 0.29	0.12
Gender	− 0.142	0.18	− 0.15	0.17	− 0.37	0.14	− 0.31	0.147
BMI	− 0.35	0.01	− 0.42	0.001	− 0.56	0.001	− 0.36	0.001
WHtR	− 0.21	0.01	− 0.35	0.001	− 0.48	0.001	− 0.72	0.001
HbA1c	− 0.18	0.01	− 0.21	0.001	− 0.38	0.001	− 0.42	0.001
Ferritin (ng/ml)	0.62	0.001	0.75	0.001	0.89	0.001	0.96	0.001
sTfR (nmol/L)	− 0.85	0.001	− 0.65	0.001	− 0.56	0.001	− 0.76	0.001
Transferrin saturation (%)	0.45	0.001	0.49	0.001	0.58	0.001	0.78	0.001
Iron (μg/dl)	0.39	0.01	0.52	0.01	0.63	0.01	0.82	0.01
TBIS	− 0.58	0.001	− 0.67	0.001	− 0.75	0.001	− 0.95	0.001
TOP	− 0.38	0.01	− 0.54	0.01	− 0.62	0.01	0.54	0.01
TAC	0.25	0.001	0.36	0.001	0.45	0.001	0.68	0.001
AGP	0.45	0.01	0.67	0.01	0.78	0.01	0.85	0.01
hs-CRP	0.189	0.01	0.165	0.01	0.198	0.01	0.178	0.01
Hgb	0.25	0.01	0.37	0.01	0.39	0.01	0.058	0.01

Data are r (spearman)
BMI body mass index, sTfR soluble transferrin receptor, TBIS total boy iron store, TOS total oxidative stress, TAC total antioxidant capacity, hs-CRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, AGP α-1-acid glycoprotein. Variables were considered significantly different at P < 0.05

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