Figure 3.

PER2 (A) and POMC (B) gene methylation changes in PAE children (both male and female) were not influenced by their mother smoking habits. Patients population were similar to those in Fig. 2. Data are represented as Mean ± SEM. Number of samples in each group is shown between brackets under the group heading on the X axis. No significant differences between smokers and nonsmokers are observed. Significant differences between control and PAE are found and are shown by lines with p values