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. 2021 Dec 22;13:231. doi: 10.1186/s13148-021-01209-z

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

a Change in DNA methylation induced by different durations (3 and 5 months vs. no breastfeeding) of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in ALSPAC girls at different ages from birth to 17 years at 5 CpG sites linked to genes in the AMPK pathway. Each curve represents a smooth estimate function (loess estimate) of DNAm variations over time and the confidence bands are the 95% confidence intervals of the smoothed curve. b Change in BMI mediated by DNA methylation at 5 CpG sites linked to genes in the AMPK pathway where DNA methylation is induced by different durations (3,4 and 5 months vs. no breastfeeding) of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in ALSPAC girls at different ages from birth to 17 years. Each curve represents a smooth estimate function (loess estimate) of BMI changes over time and the confidence bands are the 95% confidence intervals of the smoothed curve