Role and Significance of Circulating Biomarkers: miRNA and E2F1 mRNA Expression and Their Association with Type-2 Diabetic Complications

Table 5

Comparison of E2F1 mRNA expression with different risk factors among T2DM cases.

Risk factors	E2F1 mRNA expression		value
	Yes	No
Overall expression	0.05 ± 0.05		—
Hypertension	0.04 ± 0.04	0.06 ± 0.06	0.05
Obesity	0.04 ± 0.04	0.05 ± 0.05	0.09
Alcoholism	0.03 ± 0.03	0.07 ± 0.06	0.002
Smoking	0.03 ± 0.02	0.07 ± 0.05	<0.0001