Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics

Table 2 PIAS3 mRNA fold expression and miRNA-18a fold expression in the studied groups

From: The role of protein inhibitor of activated STAT3 and miRNA-18a expressions in breast cancer

	Tumor group	Normal group	Z	p value
PIAS3 mRNA
Median (Min–Max)	0.77 (0.03–36.0)	0.89 (0.0–66.72)	2.059^*	0.040^*
Mean ± SD	5.12 ± 9.85	8.38 ± 17.10	2.059^*	0.040^*
miRNA-18a
Median (Min–Max)	0.7 (0.1–34)	1.4 (0–12.2)	0.175	0.861
Mean ± SD	3.5 ± 7.4	2.5 ± 3	0.175	0.861

Z Wilcoxon signed-rank test which is used to compare between two related samples, Min minimum, Max maximum, SD standard deviation
*Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05
p value for comparing between the studied groups

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