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. 2009 May;174(5):1609–1618. doi: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.081038

Table 4.

Methylation Status of CpG Islands Located Within the Differentially Methylated Regions in Chromosomes 13, 18, 21, X, and Y

CHR* Trimester Hyper/hypo (+/−) Genic CpGs Nongenic CpGs Total no. Promoter CpGs % Of promoter CpGs
13 First + 17 7 24 11 45.8
13 First 226 84 310 102 32.9
13 Third + 74 26 100 31 31.0
13 Third 57 25 82 21 25.6
18 First + 13 5 18 6 33.3
18 First 166 90 256 65 25.4
18 Third + 30 12 42 15 35.7
18 Third 102 60 162 28 17.3
21 First + 0 1 1 0 0.0
21 First 220 41 261 121 46.4
21 Third + 4 4 8 1 12.5
21 Third 90 37 127 49 38.6
X First + 2 1 3 0 0.0
X First 592 103 695 414 59.6
X Third + 5 1 6 0 0.0
X Third 609 93 702 460 65.5
Y First + 3 2 5 0 0.0
Y First 49 21 70 35 50.0
Y Third + 28 33 61 3 4.9
Y Third 12 11 23 8 34.8

Methylation status of genic, nongenic, and promoter CpG islands in chromosomes 13, 18, 21, X, and Y. 

*

Chromosome. 

Hypermethylated/hypomethylated. 

Percentage of promoter CpGs compared with the total number of differentially methylated CpG islands.