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. 2019 Feb 14;188(6):1055–1065. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz032

Table 4.

Associations Between Total Average Methylation Across All Cytosine-Phosphate-Guanine Sites on the Array and Cytosine-Phosphate-Guanine Site Subgroups With Current Alcohol Consumption Level, Sister Study, United States, 2004–2015

Gene Region Methylation Difference in %a
Difference P Value
All locations −7.5 × 10−4 0.01
Gene body −8.8 × 10−4 0.01
Other −7.3 × 10−4 0.09
TSS1500b −1.1 × 10−3 0.008
TSS200c −1.8 × 10−6 0.66
5′UTRd −1.2 × 10−3 0.0003
3′UTRe −8.4 × 10−4 0.05

Abbreviations: TSS, transcription start site; UTR, untranslated region.

aDifference associated with 1 additional alcoholic drink per week.

b Within 1,500 base pairs of a transcription start site.

c Within 200 base pairs of a transcription start site.

d The 5′ untranslated region.

e The 3′ untranslated region.