Table 3 The relative expression levels of 10 RT-qPCR validated miRNAs in OSCC samples compared to control adjacent normal tissues

hsa-let-7a

1.00 (0.94–1.45) ^a

0.46 (0.37–0.58) ^a

hsa-let-7d

1.00 (0.73–1.42) ^a

0.44 (0.36–0.58) ^a

hsa-let-7f

1.00 (0.86–1.26) ^a

0.49 (0.41–0.65) ^a

hsa-miR-16

1.00 (0.93–1.09) ^a

0.66 (0.44–0.92) ^a

hsa-miR-29b

1.00 (0.87–1.08) ^a

1.58 (1.02–1.97) ^a

hsa-miR-142-3p

1.00 (0.56–1.67) ^a

5.94 (3.26–10.20) ^a

hsa-miR-144

1.67 (0.67–2.67) ^b

14.26 (3.19–25.34) ^b

hsa-miR-203

1.00 (0.64–1.58) ^a

1.82 (0.99–3.57) ^a

hsa-miR-223

0.97 (0.56–1.38) ^b

2.67 (2.08–3.26) ^b

hsa-miR-1275

1.05 (0.84–1.25) ^b

1.33 (1.09–1.57) ^b