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

Table 4 Correlation of miRNA expression with hepatic bile duct hyperplasia^a

Feature	52 week F	78 week F	104 week F	52 week M	78 week M	104 week M
Hyperplasia, bile duct^b	No (0%)^c	Minimal (25%)	Minimal (13%)	Yes (80%)	Yes (88%)	Yes (71%)
miR-99a	NS	NS	NS	2.0	1.7	1.6
miR-203	NS	NS	NS	2.5	2.2	2.0

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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