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Published in final edited form as: Andrology. 2016 Apr 18;4(5):832–842. doi: 10.1111/andr.12170

Table 6.

Intra- and inter-patient mean sperm epigenetic differences (ΔM-values) by BMI classification.

Genomic Regiona
Genome Island Shore Shelf TSS1500 TSS200 5′UTR 1st Exon Body 3′UTR
BMI < 24 Intra ΔM-value b −0.0320
(0.0011)
−0.0406
(0.0049)
−0.0472
(0.0055)
−0.0098
(0.0009)
−0.0434
(0.0031)
−0.0331
(0.0020)
−0.0307
(0.0012)
−0.0308
(0.0023)
−0.0224
(0.0004)
−0.0298
(0.0003)
|ΔM-value|b 0.2306
(0.0016)
0.2286
(0.0020)
0.2436
(0.0030)
0.2235
(0.0004)
0.2332
(0.0016)
0.2131
(0.0005)
0.2225
(0.0007)
0.2237
(0.0009)
0.2328
(0.0017)
0.2310
(0.0013)
Inter |ΔM-value|b 0.3087
(0.0010)
0.2672
(0.0014)
0.3288
(0.0013)
0.3003
(0.0005)
0.2951
(0.0008)
0.2515
(0.0004)
0.2755
(0.0006)
0.2673
(0.0007)
0.3133
(0.0012)
0.3079
(0.0011)
BMI 24 – 30 Intra ΔM-value b −0.0189
(0.0082)
−0.0095
(0.0276)
−0.0137
(0.0172)
−0.0285
(0.0105)
−0.0127
(0.0196)
−0.0056
(0.0267)
−0.0165
(0.0152)
−0.0185
(0.0224)
−0.0221
(0.0070)
−0.0260
(0.0055)
|ΔM-value|b 0.2848
(0.0048)
0.2970
(0.0050)
0.2952
(0.0049)
0.2730
(0.0053)
0.2933
(0.0045)
0.2845
(0.0040)
0.2876
(0.0044)
0.2943
(0.0048)
0.2832
(0.0055)
0.2785
(0.0053)
Inter |ΔM-value|b 0.4167
(0.0038)
0.4009
(0.0083)
0.4434
(0.0051)
0.4014
(0.0023)
0.4157
(0.0061)
0.3850
(0.0080)
0.4030
(0.0058)
0.4039
(0.0078)
0.4154
(0.0028)
0.4133
(0.0026)
BMI > 30 Intra ΔM-value b −0.1107
(0.0004)
−0.1600
(0.0339)
−0.1982
(0.0081)
−0.0197
(0.0289)
−0.1579
(0.0127)
−0.1173
(0.0247)
−0.1020
(0.0087)
−0.1140
(0.0237)
−0.1030
(0.0035)
−0.0631
(0.0101)
|ΔM-value|b 0.4439
(0.0016)
0.4117
(0.0034)
0.4794
(0.0061)
0.4255
(0.0046)
0.4395
(0.0025)
0.3840
(0.0015)
0.4107
(0.0005)
0.4007
(0.0016)
0.4490
(0.0020)
0.4475
(0.0018)
Inter |ΔM-value|b 0.4729
(0.0088)
0.4557
(0.0146)
0.5273
(0.0177)
0.4168
(0.0024)
0.4655
(0.0119)
0.3977
(0.0066)
0.4233
(0.0060)
0.4261
(0.0084)
0.4745
(0.0081)
0.4640
(0.0064)
a

probe genomic location are provided in the annotation file supplied by Illumina

b

values are reported as the mean of the mean patient methylation difference and the mean square between