Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and micro-RNA in the diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C virus

Table 4 The median, minimum, and maximum values of apparent diffusion coefficient and serum markers of patients with early and late fibrosis

Variables	Early fibrosis, n = 112	Late fibrosis, n = 96	P value
ADC	1.5 ± 0.2 (1-1.9)	1.25 ± 0.17 (0.9-1.5)	0.001
miR-200b	3.43 ± 1.71 (1.0-1.4)	10.17 ± 4.81 (1-28.4)	0.001
miR-21	1.9 ± 0.7 (1.0-4.2)	3.6 ± 1.17 (1.0-6.34)	0.001
miR-29b	0.7 ± 0.12 (0.12-1.00)	0.4 ± 0.2 (0.07-1.00)	0.001

The data expressed as median and range. Mann-Whitney u test was used. ADC: Apparent diffusion coefficient; miR: Micro-RNAs.