Sex and age differences in the expression of liver microRNAs during the life span of F344 rats

Table 3 Correlation of miRNA expression with hepatic basophilic foci^a

Feature	52 week F	78 week F	104 week F	52 week M	78 week M	104 week M
Basophilic focus^b	No (0%)^c	Yes (38%)	Yes (75%)	No (0%)	No (0%)	No (0%)
miR-451	NS	1.8	1.5	NS	NS	NS
miR-18a	NS	0.6	0.6	NS	NS	NS

F female, M male, NS not significant
^aRelative expression values are the expression at the indicated ages relative to the average expression from 5 to 21 weeks of age for each sex independently
^bFrom Table 2
^cIncidence from Table 2

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