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Table 3 Top 25 most sexually dimorphic CpG sites found in the (A) blood only, (B) placenta only, (C) planceta and blood (blood methylation levels shown). The annotated gene is provided where known

From: Sexually dimorphic methylation patterns characterize the placenta and blood from extremely preterm newborns

CpG

Gene

Chrom

CpG location

P-value

FDR

logFCa

Male Avg. beta

Female Avg. beta

Sex Avg. beta difference

A) Placenta specific

 cg11532947

NAB1

2

3′UTR

5.89E − 122

5.25E − 117

0.966

0.840

0.728

0.113

 cg07355069

HMGCS1

5

5′UTR

7.04E − 100

4.71E − 95

1.035

0.926

0.859

0.067

 cg25801066

CALM1

14

3′UTR

1.10E − 83

4.89E − 79

0.765

0.762

0.656

0.106

 cg18090212

APP

21

3′UTR

9.04E − 72

3.30E − 67

0.467

0.864

0.824

0.041

 cg24276949

RIC8B

12

5′UTR

1.48E − 69

5.16E − 65

0.649

0.784

0.702

0.081

 cg09102486

 

5

 

1.27E − 55

3.09E − 51

0.678

0.608

0.499

0.109

 cg17264064

ACAA2

18

 

1.67E − 52

3.72E − 48

0.785

0.682

0.559

0.123

 cg00761634

CHTF8

16

3′UTR

6.38E − 51

1.35E − 46

0.854

0.930

0.869

0.061

 cg19473894

CCDC121

2

TSS1500

1.00E − 50

2.02E − 46

0.680

0.656

0.556

0.100

 cg11730618

RAB7A

3

TSS1500

1.82E − 50

3.56E − 46

0.813

0.813

0.712

0.101

 cg03289961

HADHB

2

ExonBnd

1.72E − 49

3.28E − 45

0.896

0.595

0.452

0.143

 cg01440070

SLC6A10P

16

3′UTR

8.10E − 47

1.39E − 42

0.818

0.748

0.636

0.112

 cg17968869

SPON1

11

TSS1500

1.90E − 43

2.99E − 39

0.694

0.863

0.793

0.069

 cg08721112

 

1

 

2.90E − 43

4.40E − 39

0.339

0.531

0.471

0.060

 cg07285048

 

11

TSS1500

4.33E − 43

6.44E − 39

0.674

0.913

0.864

0.049

 cg25667734

TERF1

8

TSS1500

4.92E − 41

7.06E − 37

0.683

0.883

0.823

0.060

 cg11634496

 

11

 

1.09E − 39

1.49E − 35

 − 0.927

0.136

0.222

 − 0.087

 cg02343988

 

11

TSS200

1.61E − 39

2.16E − 35

0.439

0.653

0.580

0.073

 cg09779044

CKAP5

11

5′UTR

1.63E − 38

2.08E − 34

0.639

0.834

0.765

0.068

 cg18905668

GTF2H1

11

3′UTR

1.21E − 37

1.43E − 33

0.418

0.608

0.537

0.072

 cg15604132

ZNF300

5

TSS1500

1.72E − 37

2.00E − 33

1.118

0.569

0.395

0.174

 cg27149150

CAMTA1

1

TSS1500

2.60E − 37

2.99E − 33

0.828

0.471

0.343

0.128

 cg22846149

HMGB1L1

20

 

2.88E − 37

3.26E − 33

0.591

0.626

0.530

0.096

 cg09914736

CAMTA1

1

 

3.14E − 36

3.50E − 32

0.767

0.699

0.588

0.111

 cg22936497

 

12

 

3.39E − 36

3.73E − 32

 − 0.348

0.466

0.525

 − 0.060

B) Blood specific

 cg04946709

LOC644649

16

TSS1500

2.23E − 89

7.75E − 85

0.752

0.793

0.703

0.091

 cg07585845

 

3

TSS200

1.25E − 81

3.81E − 77

0.764

0.725

0.614

0.111

 cg11284736

HDGFRP3

15

 

1.10E − 80

3.10E − 76

0.686

0.828

0.753

0.075

 cg25742246

 

1

3′UTR

1.04E − 58

2.12E − 54

 − 0.749

0.050

0.080

 − 0.029

 cg16021537

RBMS1

2

1stExon

1.14E − 53

1.94E − 49

 − 0.911

0.056

0.094

 − 0.038

 cg03253995

EIF4A1

17

5′UTR

3.20E − 52

5.32E − 48

 − 0.450

0.436

0.512

 − 0.076

 cg19311244

 

4

3′UTR

7.68E − 47

1.08E − 42

 − 0.601

0.518

0.618

 − 0.099

 cg11092486

 

6

 

1.85E − 45

2.56E − 41

 − 0.806

0.371

0.500

 − 0.129

 cg17561891

C7orf23

7

TSS1500

1.91E − 45

2.58E − 41

 − 0.441

0.166

0.210

 − 0.044

 cg05812269

RIOK3

18

5′UTR

4.70E − 45

6.24E − 41

 − 0.460

0.115

0.149

 − 0.034

 cg24920126

PPP1R3G

6

1stExon

1.46E − 44

1.91E − 40

 − 0.994

0.384

0.548

 − 0.164

 cg13045294

LTBP4

19

5′UTR

2.88E − 44

3.69E − 40

 − 0.611

0.438

0.538

 − 0.100

 cg07607752

ZPBP2

17

TSS200

2.84E − 43

3.51E − 39

 − 1.142

0.111

0.203

 − 0.092

 cg09639931

ZPBP2

17

TSS200

3.07E − 43

3.74E − 39

 − 0.951

0.152

0.249

 − 0.098

 cg08528995

SLC35D3

6

 

4.28E − 43

5.12E − 39

 − 1.033

0.705

0.823

 − 0.118

 cg05330360

ZPBP2

17

TSS1500

1.54E − 42

1.76E − 38

 − 0.508

0.327

0.404

 − 0.078

 cg09044186

APOA5

11

 

1.85E − 42

2.08E − 38

 − 1.263

0.776

0.883

 − 0.107

 cg03405128

 

4

3′UTR

4.47E − 42

4.95E − 38

 − 0.503

0.304

0.382

 − 0.077

 cg21784396

PRRT4

7

 

4.02E − 41

4.32E − 37

 − 0.963

0.035

0.061

 − 0.027

 cg25294504

 

20

3′UTR

7.05E − 41

7.47E − 37

 − 0.644

0.673

0.758

 − 0.085

 cg26897297

MLNR

13

3′UTR

2.48E − 40

2.55E − 36

 − 0.483

0.578

0.659

 − 0.080

 cg11574745

PPP1R3G

6

1stExon

2.84E − 40

2.84E − 36

 − 0.516

0.446

0.532

 − 0.086

 cg20808136

 

15

 

2.84E − 40

2.84E − 36

0.492

0.853

0.810

0.043

 cg07004386

 

14

 

3.85E − 40

3.80E − 36

 − 0.650

0.275

0.369

 − 0.095

 cg08319905

PPFIA3

19

ExonBnd

8.20E − 40

7.99E − 36

 − 0.313

0.432

0.487

 − 0.054

C) Placenta and blood overlap

 cg26919182

PPP1R12B

1

5′UTR

1.68E − 253

1.23E − 247

 − 3.004

0.525

0.894

 − 0.368

 cg12691488

 

1

 

6.27E − 221

2.29E − 215

2.606

0.264

0.059

0.206

 cg15228509

 

1

 

4.91E − 212

1.20E − 206

 − 1.684

0.399

0.670

 − 0.270

 cg06513015

ERV3-1

7

5′UTR

1.69E − 194

3.09E − 189

 − 1.781

0.625

0.846

 − 0.221

 cg00148935

RFTN1

3

3′UTR

2.10E − 176

3.07E − 171

 − 1.606

0.531

0.769

 − 0.239

 cg09516963

DYRK2

12

TSS1500

3.03E − 171

3.69E − 166

 − 2.519

0.136

0.423

 − 0.286

 cg11643285

RFTN1

3

3′UTR

1.13E − 167

1.18E − 162

 − 1.500

0.776

0.904

 − 0.127

 cg03626220

HYDIN

16

 

2.66E − 144

2.43E − 139

0.703

0.680

0.567

0.114

 cg26355737

TFDP1

13

 

4.90E − 127

3.98E − 122

0.997

0.888

0.801

0.087

 cg03226871

 

2

5′UTR

3.17E − 125

2.31E − 120

0.685

0.605

0.488

0.118

 cg02716779

DNM1

9

3′UTR

3.08E − 124

2.04E − 119

 − 0.799

0.557

0.681

 − 0.125

 cg02325951

FOXN3

14

1stExon

1.12E − 119

6.79E − 115

1.026

0.678

0.510

0.169

 cg12607525

UBTF

17

 

2.30E − 119

1.29E − 114

0.589

0.591

0.490

0.101

 cg20262915

NAB1

2

1stExon

7.43E − 116

3.88E − 111

0.690

0.543

0.428

0.115

 cg20299935

 

17

 

8.80E − 115

4.29E − 110

 − 0.948

0.622

0.756

 − 0.133

 cg19765154

NAB1

2

1stExon

4.63E − 114

2.11E − 109

0.878

0.806

0.698

0.108

 cg23719534

 

15

3′UTR

1.40E − 110

6.03E − 106

 − 1.591

0.827

0.918

 − 0.092

 cg03618918

 

1

 

1.02E − 105

4.15E − 101

0.784

0.847

0.767

0.080

 cg17238319

RFTN1

3

 

2.33E − 105

8.97E − 101

 − 0.965

0.682

0.799

 − 0.117

 cg17232883

 

11

 

8.96E − 98

3.27E − 93

 − 0.802

0.078

0.125

 − 0.047

 cg07852945

TLE1

9

TSS1500

8.89E − 85

2.95E − 80

 − 1.019

0.054

0.101

 − 0.047

 cg17612569

GABPA

21

5′UTR

4.35E − 82

1.38E − 77

1.100

0.078

0.039

0.040

 cg02989351

YWHAQ

2

1stExon

7.40E − 81

2.16E − 76

 − 0.644

0.094

0.138

 − 0.043

 cg03218192

AP2B1

17

1stExon

4.57E − 79

1.24E − 74

 − 0.681

0.276

0.379

 − 0.104

 cg09696045

 

15

TSS1500

9.09E − 78

2.37E − 73

 − 0.412

0.387

0.458

 − 0.071

  1. alogFC is the effect size corresponding to a “beta” value in a regression, i.e., the average change in y for a 1 unit change in x. In this paper, this would correspond to a change in M value when going from sex = 0 (female) to 1 (male)