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. 2023 Feb 13;15:23. doi: 10.1186/s13148-023-01435-7

Table 4.

WHI: Differentially DNA-methylated CpGs in IR significantly associated with an invasive BC risk, overall and stratified by BC molecular subtype

Chr CpG site§ Position Crude DM and BMI adjusted DM, BMI, and WHR adjusted CpG context Gene Gene region
HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p
Overall
chr1 cg05399785 3,564,031 1.43 (1.05, 1.94) 0.022 1.42 (1.04, 1.93) 0.027 1.43 (1.05, 1.95) 0.023 N Shelf WDR8 Body
chr1 cg11832534 3,563,998 1.35 (1.03, 1.76) 0.030 1.34 (1.02, 1.76) 0.035 1.35 (1.03, 1.78) 0.030 N Shelf WDR8 Body
chr1 cg16395997 3,562,798 1.49 (1.05, 2.10) 0.026 1.49 (1.04, 2.11) 0.028 1.50 (1.05, 2.13) 0.024 S Shore WDR8 Body
chr1 cg16246545 120,255,941 0.76 (0.60, 0.96) 0.021 0.77 (0.61, 0.97) 0.028 0.76 (0.60, 0.97) 0.025 S Shore PHGDH Body
chr6 cg01254034 28,543,667 0.80 (0.66, 0.98) 0.033 0.79 (0.64, 0.97) 0.023 0.79 (0.64, 0.96) 0.021 OpenSea SCAND3 Body
chr16 cg05807722 67,697,020 0.81 (0.65, 1.00) 0.054 0.80 (0.65, 1.00) 0.048 0.81 (0.65, 1.00) 0.049 S Shore C16orf48 3'UTR
chr17 cg24366564* 2,843,149 1.39 (1.07, 1.80) 0.015 1.37 (1.05, 1.79) 0.019 1.38 (1.06, 1.80) 0.018 OpenSea RAP1GAP2 Body
ER/PR + 
chr1 cg05399785 3,564,031 1.62 (1.16, 2.24) 0.004 1.61 (1.15, 2.23) 0.005 1.62 (1.16, 2.26) 0.004 N Shelf WDR8 Body
chr1 cg11832534 3,563,998 1.48 (1.11, 1.98) 0.008 1.47 (1.10, 1.98) 0.010 1.49 (1.10, 2.00) 0.009 N Shelf WDR8 Body
chr1 cg16395997 3,562,798 1.61 (1.11, 2.34) 0.013 1.61 (1.10, 2.35) 0.014 1.62 (1.11, 2.37) 0.013 S Shore WDR8 Body
chr1 cg20671910 151,262,619 1.35 (1.03, 1.78) 0.031 1.35 (1.02, 1.78) 0.033 1.37 (1.04, 1.80) 0.027 OpenSea ZNF687 Body
chr7 cg01676795* 75,586,348 1.72 (1.13, 2.63) 0.012 1.72 (1.12, 2.64) 0.013 1.75 (1.14, 2.69) 0.011 OpenSea POR Body
chr10 cg00541500 45,642,600 1.33 (1.01, 1.74) 0.042 1.32 (1.00, 1.73) 0.047 1.32 (1.01, 1.74) 0.044 OpenSea LOC100133308 Body
chr10 cg01391548* 97,068,696 1.31 (1.00, 1.71) 0.049 1.36 (1.04, 1.78) 0.026 1.36 (1.04, 1.79) 0.026 OpenSea Intergenic
chr17 cg24366564* 2,843,149 1.55 (1.17, 2.06) 0.003 1.53 (1.15, 2.05) 0.004 1.54 (1.16, 2.06) 0.003 OpenSea RAP1GAP2 Body
HER2/neu -
chr1 cg05399785 3,564,031 1.52 (1.06, 2.18) 0.022 1.49 (1.03, 2.14) 0.033 1.49 (1.03, 2.15) 0.032 N Shelf WDR8 Body
chr1 cg11832534 3,563,998 1.47 (1.07, 2.02) 0.018 1.44 (1.04, 1.99) 0.028 1.44 (1.04, 2.00) 0.027 N Shelf WDR8 Body
chr1 cg16395997 3,562,798 1.60 (1.06, 2.42) 0.026 1.57 (1.03, 2.40) 0.037 1.57 (1.03, 2.41) 0.036 S Shore WDR8 Body
chr1 cg16246545 120,255,941 0.75 (0.57, 1.00) 0.048 0.77 (0.58, 1.02) 0.067 0.76 (0.57, 1.02) 0.065 S Shore PHGDH Body
chr8 cg20907614* 29,914,963 0.63 (0.42, 0.95) 0.028 0.66 (0.43, 1.01) 0.053 0.66 (0.43, 1.01) 0.054 OpenSea Intergenic
chr10 cg00541500 45,642,600 1.38 (1.02, 1.87) 0.035 1.36 (1.01, 1.85) 0.044 1.37 (1.01, 1.85) 0.042 OpenSea LOC100133308 Body
chr10 cg08284263* 92,958,627 1.32 (0.96, 1.82) 0.090 1.39 (1.00, 1.92) 0.047 1.38 (1.00, 1.91) 0.050 OpenSea Intergenic
chr11 cg17058475 68,607,737 0.61 (0.42, 0.90) 0.013 0.65 (0.44, 0.97) 0.033 0.65 (0.44, 0.96) 0.030 N Shore CPT1A 5'UTR
chr17 cg24366564* 2,843,149 1.66 (1.21, 2.28) 0.002 1.64 (1.19, 2.25) 0.003 1.64 (1.19, 2.27) 0.002 OpenSea RAP1GAP2 Body

BC Breast cancer, BMI Body mass index, Chr Chromosome, CI Confidence interval, CpG CpG dinucleotide, DM ever been treated for diabetes mellitus; ER/PR + Estrogen receptor/progesterone receptor–positive, HER2/neu– Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2–negative, HR Hazard ratio, IR Insulin resistance, UTR Untranslated region, WHI Women’s Health Initiative, WHR Waist-to-hip ratio

§ Annotation used R v.0.6.0.IlluminaHumanMethylation450kanno.ilmn12.hg19: Annotation for Illumina's 450 k methylation arrays

a HR adjusted by age and leukocyte heterogeneities (CD8+CD28CD45RA T cell, naïve CD8 T cell, plasma blast, CD4+ T cell, natural killer cell, monocyte, and granulocyte)

* Enhancer associated