TABLE 3.
MC4R DNA methylation levels on the maternal and fetal side of placenta normoglycemic (NGT) and gestational diabetes (GDM) women expressed as mean and standard deviation (SD). Mean differences were evaluated by unpaired t-test.
Characteristics | NGT (n = 27) | GDM (n = 33) | p-value |
Maternal side of placenta | |||
CpG1 | 4.40 (3.9) | 5.40 (4.8) | 0.379 |
CpG2 | 14.6 (11.0) | 17.6 (10.7) | 0.296 |
Maternal Mean Methylation levels | 9.50 (7.2) | 11.5 (7.0) | 0.285 |
Fetal side of placenta | |||
CpG1 | 6.4 (4.30) | 4.7 (4.6) | 0.141 |
CpG2 | 18.9 (10.0) | 13.2 (9.5) | 0.028 |
Fetal Mean Methylation levels | 12.7 (6.7) | 8.95 (6.3) | 0.033 |
Statistically significant values are in bold. +p-value derived from unpaired t-test.