MicroRNA-29a-3p prevents Schistosoma japonicum-induced liver fibrosis by targeting Roundabout homolog 1 in hepatic stellate cells

Table 1 Patients’ demographic characteristics

	Control	Fibrosis	P value
Liver samples
Subject no.	7	9
Male sex	4 (57%)	5 (56%)	0.949
Age(years)	60 (59–67)	49 (40–63)	0.134
History of Schistosoma japonicum
< 10 years	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
10–20 years	0 (0%)	5 (56%)
> 20 years	0 (0%)	4 (44%)
Ascites	0 (0%)	5 (56%)	0.017*
EGVB	0 (0%)	4 (44%)	0.042*

For continuous variables, the results are expressed as medians and interquartile ranges. Categorical variables are summarized with percentages. *Statistically significant. EGVB: esophageal gastric variceal bleeding

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