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Summary of sex-associated DMPs
| Autosomes | X chromosome | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All CpG sites | Count | % | Count | % | |
| Hypermethylated in girls compared to boys | 8,131 | 2,509 | 30.9 | 5,622 | 69.1 |
| Hypomethylated in girls compared to boys | 3,645 | 522 | 14.3 | 3,123 | 85.7 |
| Total | 11,776 | 3,031 | 25.7 | 8,745 | 74.3 |
Number of CpGs significantly hyper- and hypo-methylated in newborn girls compared to boys at FDR multiple testing threshold (q < 0.05), for all CpGs, and then stratified by autosomes and the X chromosome
