[Retracted] Circulating miR-340-5p and miR-506-3p as Two Osteo-miRNAs for Predicting Osteoporosis in a Cohort of Postmenopausal Women

Table 4

Pearson correlation analysis of circulating miR-340-5p, miR-506-3p, and bone metabolism markers in osteoporotic postmenopausal women.

Bone metabolism markers	Circulating miRNA
	miR-340-5p	miR-506-3p
BAP	r (95% CI) = 0.635 (0.498–0.741)	r (95% CI) = 0.552 (0.395–0.677)
β-CTx	r (95% CI) = 0.445 (0.269–0.593)	r (95% CI) = 0.405 (0.223–0.560)
PINP	r (95% CI) = 0.489 (0.320–0.628)	r (95% CI) = 0.352 (0.163–0.516)
Osteocalcin	r (95% CI) = −0.715 (−0.801–0.601)	r (95% CI) = −0.417 (−0.570–0.236)
25-(OH)VitD	r (95% CI) = −0.436 (−0.585–0.258)	r (95% CI) = −0.378 (−0.538–0.192)

BAP, bone alkaline phosphatase; β-CTx, β-carboxyl terminal peptide; PINP, propeptide of type I procollagen; 25-(OH)VitD, 25⁃hydroxyvitamin D.