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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Sep;17(9):10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0312. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0312

Table 2.

Multivariable linear regression of DNA methylation (log DPM/μg) by prenatal, early life, adolescent and adult variables.

Linear Multivariate
Model 1
Linear Multivariate
Model 2
Linear Multivariate
Model 2

Beta (95% CI) Beta (95% CI) Standardized Beta

Prenatal

Prenatal Smoke Exposure −0.34 (−0.65, −0.02) −0.38 (−0.70, −0.07) −0.32

Race
Black : White 0.20 (−0.14, 0.54) 0.17 (−0.17, 0.51) 0.15
Hispanic : White −0.14 (−0.45, 0.17) −0.15 (−0.45, 0.16) −0.12

Family Socioeconomic Status −0.01 (−0.01, 0.001) −0.01 (−0.01, 0.002) −0.18

Early Life

Birth Weight (kg) 0.33 (−0.06, 0.72) 0.28 (−0.11, 0.67) 0.26

Birth Length (cm) −0.11 (−0.19, −0.02) −0.11 (−0.19, −0.03) −0.46

Adolescent

Age at Menarche (years) −0.07 (−0.13, −0.004) −0.23

Childhood Passive Smoke Exposure 0.15 (−0.19, 0.48) 0.25 (−0.08, 0.58) 0.19

Adult

Current BMI (≥ 25 kg/m2 : <25 kg/m2) −0.19 (−0.46, 0.07) −0.21 (−0.48, 0.05) −0.19

Smoking Status
Former : Never −0.02 (−0.30, 0.27) −0.17 (−0.46, 0.12) −0.14
Current : Never 0.15 (−0.20, 0.50) 0.17 (−0.17, 0.52) 0.12

Parity (Nulliparous : Parous) −0.30 (−0.57, −0.02) −0.25

Age at First Birth −0.03 (−0.06, −0.01) −0.35