showed a trendp = 0.06
qPCR validation of selected differentially expressed miRNAs indicated that miR-29b correlated with weight loss ( R = 0.5; p = 0.03) and miR-424 showed a trend (R 0.4; p = 0.06). miR-195 was also related to weight loss ( R = 0.4; p = 0.08).