Table 2.
Association between EDCs and single CpGs under different analytical conditions.
Input values/correction/transformation | Raw/No/No | Raw/No/Log | Raw/SVA/No | Raw/SVA/Log | Quartiles/SVA/No |
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TCS (triclosan) | |||||
Genomic inflation factor | 1.40 | 1.56 | 1.24 | 1.31 | 1.05 |
CpGs at FDR < 0.05 | 327a | 1156a | 521a | 898a | 0 |
BPA (bisphenol A) | |||||
Genomic inflation factor | 1.77 | 1.38 | 1.35 | 1.09 | 1.01 |
CpGs at FDR < 0.05 | 3383a | 227a | 757a | 210a | 0 |
BP-3 (benzophenone-3) | |||||
Genomic inflation factor | 0.77 | 0.77 | 1.15 | 1.13 | 1.09 |
CpGs at FDR < 0.05 | 19a | 13a | 147a | 95a | 0 |
2,4-DCP (2,4-dichlorophenol) | |||||
Genomic inflation factor | 1.06 | 1.21 | 1.14 | 1.18 | 1.06 |
CpGs at FDR < 0.05 | 101a | 305a | 198a | 263a | 0 |
Σphth.m (11 phthalate metabolites)b | |||||
Genomic inflation factor | 0.89 | 0.91 | 1.12 | 1.11 | 1.10 |
CpGs at FDR<0.05 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
aDriven by single point measurements (Supplementary File 1); bSee ‘Methods’ section for explanation on which phthalate measurements that are included.
CpG, DNA methylation loci; FDR, false discovery rate; SVA, surrogate variable analysis .