Research Article

Circulating microRNAs and Kallikreins before and after Radical Prostatectomy: Are They Really Prostate Cancer Markers?

Table 5

ANOVA showing significance values of miR-21 and miR-141 for each comparison.

Tukey's multiple comparison testGroupsMean difference value95% CI
LowerUpper

miR-21T0 versus T1−0.2550.75 −1.5921.082
T0 versus T21.6874.98 0.3503.024
T0 versus T30.4981.47 −0.8391.835
T1 versus T21.9425.73 0.6053.279
T1 versus T30.7532.22 −0.5842.090
T2 versus T3−1.1893.51 −2.5260.148

miR-141T0 versus T10.6661.75 −0.8352.167
T0 versus T22.8557.51 1.3544.356
T0 versus T3−0.2370.62 −1.7381.264
T1 versus T22.1895.76 0.6883.690
T1 versus T3−0.9032.37 −2.4040.598
T2 versus T3−3.0928.13 −4.593−1.591

T0: preoperative time; T1: 1st postoperative day; T2: 5th postoperative day; T3: 30th postoperative day.