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. 2016 May 6;8:51. doi: 10.1186/s13148-016-0217-2

Table 2.

Methylation profiles in sperm from men with normal weight at the DMRs of imprinted genes

Methylation % in sperm from men with normal BMI
MEG3-IG MEG3 PEG1/MEST IGF2 H19 GRB10 NNAT NDN SNRPN SGCE/PEG10 PEG3 PLAGL1
% SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE
CpG 1 0.84 0.38 0.65 0.11 91.80 0.25 95.28 0.40 0.87 0.19 0.61 0.19 1.90 0.32 2.53 0.18 3.48 0.57 1.50 0.22 4.03 0.89
CpG 2 79.02 0.48 2.68 0.53 1.20 0.08 92.90 0.36 66.71 0.93 2.81 0.17 1.90 0.25 1.26 0.34 1.59 0.16 1.91 0.58 1.62 0.25 3.90 0.91
CpG 3 73.99 0.36 1.83 0.56 2.06 0.14 96.99 0.37 92.79 0.34 1.32 0.17 2.99 0.28 1.27 0.21 1.86 0.19 3.69 0.61 1.58 0.24 4.57 0.82
CpG 4 85.85 0.46 3.10 0.51 2.35 0.19 95.29 0.31 1.22 0.18 1.54 0.31 0.74 0.15 4.25 0.56 1.19 0.21 4.20 0.91
CpG 5 80.01 0.37 1.71 0.56 2.75 0.16 1.58 0.30 2.63 0.59 1.70 0.27 3.99 0.86
CpG 6 1.89 0.56 2.14 0.16 2.10 0.25 4.44 0.63 1.05 0.25 3.32 0.77
CpG 7 2.52 0.53 1.91 0.24
CpG 8 2.21 0.52 0.92 0.22
CpG 9 2.23 0.24
CpG 10 1.97 0.21
Mean 79.72 0.33 2.10 0.51 1.56 0.08 93.90 0.28 87.51 0.34 1.85 0.16 1.83 0.26 1.61 0.28 1.65 0.16 3.40 0.58 1.57 0.23 4.00 0.84

Results shown here describe methylation profiles for normal weight men (BMI < 25). The DNA methylation percentages are presented for each DMR, by the individual CpG site studied. The calculated mean for each DMR is shown on the bottom line