Table 4 Spearman correlation of miR-217and miR-532 with study parameters in case group

MiR 217

 r

1.00

0.89

 P

0.00

MiR 532

 r

0.89

1.00

 P

0.00

Age

 r

− 0.03

− 0.07

 P

0.82

0.50

Disease duration

 r

0.06

0.024

 P

0.71

0.89

Widespread pain index

 r

0.08

0.29

 P

0.65

0.07

Symptoms severity scale

 r

0.03

0.16

 P

0.87

0.33

Polysymptomatic distress scale

 r

0.02

0.31

 P

0.91

0.052

Urea

 r

− 0.18

− 0.19

 P

0.17

0.09

 N

80

80

Creatinine

 r

− 0.22

− 0.17

 P

0.05

0.14

 N

80

80

AST

 r

− 0.48

− 0.46

 P

0.00

0.00

ALT

 r

− 0.10

− 0.13

 P

0.40

0.26

 N

80

80

Vit D ng/ml

 r

− 0.16

0.06

 P

0.31

0.70

 N

40

40

TSH mIU/l

 r

0.19

− 0.00

 P

0.25

0.99

 N

40

40

ESR mm/hr

 r

0.31

− 0.06

 P

0.05

0.70

CRP mg/dl

 r

− 0.26

0.13

 P

0.11

0.42