Table 3.

Summary of the 4 gene-expression variables with most edges to methylation variables ordered by rank. Methylation variables (last column) are ordered by partial correlations (from high to low absolute values), where the +/− signs in brackets give the signs of the estimated partial correlations

rank	TF RNA	# GE-methyl. edges	Methylation variables
1	ZFP57	12	ZFP57(−), SKOR2(−), ZNF121(+), IRF6(+), RHOXF1(+), MNX1(−), VAX2(−),
			ZNF821(+), ZNF181(+), ZNF559(−), ZNF521(+), ZNF853(+)
2	ZNF334	11	ZNF334(−), ZNF266(−), KLF2(−), ZKSCAN4(−), HOXC8(+), ZNF746(−),
			HOXC9(−), ZFP1(+), ZNF728(+), ZSCAN25(−), NPAS1(+)
3	NR6A1	10	FOXO6(+), IKZF3(+), JRK(−), NR5A1(+), NFIC(+), ZNF654(−), FOXR1(−),
			ETV2(+), ELK3(+), FOXP1(−)
4	MYRFL	10	MYRFL(−), ZFP69B(−), AHR(−), HOXB7(+), ZNF467(−), THAP12(+), ZNF251(−), MTF1(+), ARID5A(+), RORB(+)