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. 2013 Feb 15;8(3):303–316. doi: 10.4161/epi.23988

Table 5. Mean methylated fraction of CpG sites in the RFC1 gene in subjects with low or high plasma tHcy concentration.

 
 
Low tHcy
High tHcy
 
     
  CpG site* Mean SD N Mean SD N p      
5′shore
8
60.5
6.7
23
53.0
12.5
24
0.037
     
 
9
72.5
6.3
23
64.2
13.2
24
0.022
     
 
10
75.0
5.4
23
64.4
15.7
24
0.009
     
 
13
73.0
5.5
23
64.5
13.6
24
0.017
     
 
15
31.5
5.6
23
26.1
7.8
24
0.030
     
 
16
56.0
7.0
23
47.8
8.9
24
0.002
     
 
17
21.7
4.2
23
16.6
3.9
24
0.000
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
CGI 1
18
20.9
6.0
24
15.5
4.4
24
0.005
     
 
21
10.5
3.5
24
7.5
1.5
24
0.024
     
 
25
23.3
3.2
24
20.1
4.6
24
0.038
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
3′ shore
38
98.3
1.8
24
97.1
1.7
24
0.029
     
 
43
74.4
5.9
23
78.5
2.6
22
0.010
     
 
46
80.0
1.4
23
81.5
1.8
22
0.032
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
CGI 2
50
99.3
1.2
22
98.5
1.4
24
0.045
     
 
52
98.5
1.4
22
97.2
1.7
24
0.007
     
 
53
77.1
2.2
22
78.5
1.7
24
0.020
     
  55 97.3 2.2 22 95.9 1.9 24 0.025      
*

CpG sites included in the methylation assays, see Table 3. Only sites showing statistically significant differences are show in this table. P, post-hoc significance of difference between mean values in leukocytes from subjects with low or high tHcy, respectively.