close to being significantP=0.055
The results revealed that 6 miRNAs exhibited significant differences between the 2 groups (P<0.05) (miR-4485-3p, miR-1273a, miR-342-3p, miR-200c-3p, miR-200b-3p and miR-187-3p) and 1 miRNA was close to being significant (miR-301a-3p, P=0.055) ( Table SI ). miRNAs with clinical significance To assess the clinical significance of the miRNA panel, we applied the non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test using clinical variables ( Table II ).