TABLE 4.
Methylation levels in the sperm DNA (%).
|
N |
Mean ± SD |
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| CpG1 | CpG2 | CpG3 | CpG4 | CpG5 | CpG6 | CpG7 | CpG8 | Average of analyzed CpG sites | ||
| H19 | 301a | 89.26 ± 5.57 | 97.64 ± 3.17 | 72.60 ± 8.13 | 69.13 ± 26.87 | 90.69 ± 6.03 | 96.91 ± 9.99 | 97.20 ± 8.65 | 87.55 ± 4.63 | |
| Peg3 | 302 | 1.78 ± 3.42 | 0.90 ± 2.89 | 1.03 ± 3.17 | 1.18 ± 3.49 | 0.69 ± 2.73 | 0.74 ± 2.85 | 0.63 ± 2.86 | 0.99 ± 2.96 | |
| Meg3 | 302 | 1.29 ± 3.74 | 4.10 ± 4.65 | 2.24 ± 5.28 | 3.16 ± 4.84 | 1.44 ± 4.97 | 1.69 ± 5.29 | 2.20 ± 5.30 | 1.86 ± 5.26 | 2.25 ± 4.84 |
aOne sample was excluded for H19 methylation in sperm. The sample was affected by technical errors according to quality assessment by the PyroMark Q96 software.