Table 3 Correlation between miRNAs and liver enzymes and albumin among all studied individuals (n = 200)

ALT, U/L

 Spearman's rho

.497

.532

− .529

− .410

 p value

< 0.001*

< 0.001*

< 0.001*

< 0.001*

 N

200

200

200

200

AST, U/L

 Spearman's rho

.606

.632

− .520

− .407

 p value

 < 0.001*

 < 0.001*

 < 0.001*

 < 0.001*

 N

200

200

200

200

Albumin, G/DL

 Spearman's rho

− .234

− .323

.221

.150

 p value

.001*

 < 0.001*

.002*

.034*

 N

200

200

200

200