We found that only miR-142-5p overexpression was positively associated with increased TgAbs in serum of HT patients using chemiluminescence detection and radioimmune assay (Fig. 2a–c) (r = 0.706, P = 0.002, and r = 0.60, P = 0.039 respectively) but miR-142-5p expression did not correlate with the level of thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), or Thyroglobulin (Tg). This evidence concerns the gene TG and hematocrit.