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Table 5 Positivity rate of miR34a

From: Serum miR-34a as a potential biomarker for diagnosis of inflammatory bowel diseases in Egyptian patients

Clinicopathological variables

miR-34a

Mean rank

p

Positivity rate

n (%)

p(c)

Pathology

 Active (n=6)

29.83

<0.01**(a)

5 (83.3%)

>0.05

 Inactive (n=31)

16.90

31 (100%)

Severity

 Mild (n=13)

7.00

<0.01**(b)

13 (100%)

>0.05

 Mild to moderate (n=21)

24.19

20 (95.2%)

 Moderate to severe (n=3)

34.67

3 (100%)

  1. aMann-Whitney test
  2. bKruskal-Wallis test
  3. cChi-square test
  4. p>0.05=non-significant, **p<0.01, highly significant