Table 3.
Extreme Methylation Values in Fetal Muscle Samples
| All fetal muscles, n = 146 |
Spontaneous abortions, n = 55 |
Stillbirths, n = 57 |
Induced abortions, n = 34 |
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| Gene | Median methylation | Number of outliers | Extreme outliers | Number of outliers | Extreme outliers | Number of outliers | Extreme outliers |
| H19 | 51% | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MEG3 | 49% | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| LIT1 | 52% | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NESP55 | 43% | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PEG3 | 46% | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SNRPN | 39% | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15/330 | 4/330 | 35/342 | 8/342 | 2/204 | 0/204 | ||
| 4.6% | 1.2% | 10.2% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 0% | ||
This table presents the median methylation values and the number of extreme methylation values for six imprinted genes in fetal muscle samples from spontaneous abortions, stillbirths, and induced abortions.