Figure 1.
Scatter plot of prenatal MEP urinary concentration with (A) Alu methylation in cord blood and (B) LINE-1 methylation in 9 year old blood. For each ten-fold increase in MEP measured during late pregnancy, we observed 0.16 %5mC lower Alu methylation in cord blood (p=0.025). Each ten-fold increase of MEP during early pregnancy was associated with 0.42 %5mC high LINE-1 methylation in 9 year old blood (p=0.005).