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. 2021 May 19;129(5):057010. doi: 10.1289/EHP8099

Table 2.

Top 20 CpG sites based on smallest p-value demonstrating cord blood methylation differences in cotinine concentration levels from maternal plasma samples among nonsmoking pregnant women in the newborn epigenetic study (n=79).

CpG Site Mapped Gene Chr beta SE Unadjusted p-value Adjusted p-value UCSC Referenced Gene Description
cg11407598 19 0.76 0.08 1.71×1022 6.59×1017
cg09199225 AGER 6 1.38 0.16 6.16×1019 1.19×1013 Advanced glycosylation end product-specific receptor
cg05396900 PRKG1 10 0.44 0.05 5.00×1018 6.42×1013 Protein kinase, cGMP-dependent, type I
cg19810457 MAPK9 5 0.63 0.07 1.95×1017 1.72×1012 Mitogen-activated protein kinase 9
cg15570148 FHIT 3 0.30 0.04 2.23×1017 1.72×1012 Fragile histidine triad
cg01588993 12 0.40 0.05 4.44×1017 2.85×1012
cg01417692 MOBKL2C 1 0.11 0.01 1.44×1016 7.67×1012
cg06432426 2 0.31 0.04 1.75×1016 7.67×1012
cg06567155 SLC25A15 13 0.51 0.06 1.79×1016 7.67×1012 Solute carrier family 25 (mitochondrial carrier; ornithine transporter) member 15
cg06998640 12 0.10 0.01 2.23×1016 8.59×1012
cg01373721 TIMM23 10 0.13 0.02 8.40×1016 2.94×1011 Translocase of inner mitochondrial membrane 23 homolog (yeast)
cg27413290 ZC3H3 8 0.55 0.07 1.86×1015 5.97×1011 Zinc finger CCCH-type containing 3
cg14189245 C11orf10|FEN1 11 0.46 0.06 2.14×1015 6.34×1011 Flap structure-specific endonuclease 1
cg09719342 STK32A 5 0.93 0.12 3.50×1015 9.64×1011 Serine/threonine kinase 32A
cg20490386 CTDP1 18 0.11 0.01 3.87×1015 9.94×1011 CTD (carboxy-terminal domain, RNA polymerase II, polypeptide A) phosphatase, subunit 1
cg14992144 GHRL|GHRLOS 3 0.26 0.03 8.35×1015 2.01×1010 Ghrelin opposite strand RNA conserved region|ghrelin opposite strand/antisense RNA|ghrelin/obestatin prepropeptide
cg02913918 CACNA1E 1 0.17 0.02 2.19×1014 4.96×1010 Calcium channel, voltage-dependent, R type, alpha 1E subunit
cg07052606 DCTPP1 16 0.27 0.04 4.20×1014 8.98×1010 dCTP pyrophosphatase 1
cg25660646 BSG 19 0.32 0.04 4.85×1014 9.84×1010 Basigin (Ok blood group)
cg04007792 DLGAP2 8 0.09 0.01 6.18×1014 1.19×109 Discs, large (Drosophila) homolog-associated protein 2

Note: Top 20 CpG sites are based on adjusted p-values, which are listed from smallest p-value to largest p-value. Beta coefficients and p-values were obtained using beta regression (see “Methods” section). Results for all FDR-significant CpGs are provided in Excel Table S1. Table 2 and Excel Table S1 show results for all FDR-significant CpGs. Model-based estimates were derived from beta regression investigating the association between methylation of umbilical cord blood from infants and secondhand smoke exposure from maternal plasma cotinine. These models were adjusted for race/ethnicity, mother’s age at delivery, maternal education, and parity, as well as technical covariates (e.g., plate, row, column), and Houseman-estimated cell proportions. The resulting p-values were corrected using Benjamini and Hochberg’s FDR method, with CpG sites with FDR <0.05 considered statistically significant. Exposure contrasts for the coefficients indicate change in relation to 1-unit ng/mL increase in cotinine from maternal plasma. “Chr” makes reference to the chromosome number. FDR, false discovery rate; UCSC, University of California, Santa Cruz.