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Table 2 Characteristics of the study cohorts

From: Methylation quantitative trait loci (meQTLs) are consistently detected across ancestry, developmental stage, and tissue type

Dataset

Abbreviation

N

Ancestry

Age, yrs (mean ± SD)

Sex (% Male)

Peripheral blood

PB

90

African American

42.5 ± 14.0

57.7

Cord blood A

CB A

87

African American

0.0 ± 0.0

55.2

Cord blood B

CB B

87

Caucasian

0.0 ± 0.0

44.8

Frontal cortex

FCTX

111

Caucasian

47.6 ± 23.8

67.6

Temporal cortex

TCTX

125

Caucasian

48.2 ± 24.5

66.9

Cerebellum

CRBLM

105

Caucasian

46.6 ± 23.0

71

Pons

PONS

106

Caucasian

46.5 ± 24.0

69.6