Table 2. Average methylation levels of the CpG sites highly methylated in the anorexia nervosa (AN) group.

	Position	AN (n = 15)	Controls (n = 36)	t (df = 49)	p
CpG 1	21	66.4 (12.7)	6.6 (16.0)	−12.877***	<.001
CpG 34	327	64.9 (19.8)	16.7 (20.8)	−7.663***	<.001
CpG 35	330	72.7 (14.7)	24.3 (21.9)	−7.834***	<.001
CpG 46	503	88.8(12.5)	47.0 (24.2)	−6.334**	<.001
CpG 47	526	72.7(14.9)	45.0 (22.3)	−4.417**	<.001

Data are means (standard deviation).

Position: relative position from the transcription start site of the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene.

** p<0.01, *** p<0.001.