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. 2020 Jun 3;12:76. doi: 10.1186/s13148-020-00868-8

Table 4.

Mean methylation in the OPRM1 promoter and association with opioid dose and days of use

MME dosage effect visit 32 Days of opioid use effect visit 32
Coef t val p (one-tailed) Coef t val p (one-tailed)
Promoter methylation 1 0.0002 2.16 0.02 0.003 3.40 0.001

1OPRM1 promoter methylation summarize by averaging the β values for CpG1 to CpG9

2Linear regression at visit 3, one-tailed p value to test hypermethylation with higher cumulative MME or longer duration of use