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Table 2 Summary of sex-associated DMPs

From: Sex differences in DNA methylation assessed by 450 K BeadChip in newborns

  

Autosomes

X chromosome

 

All CpG sites

Count

%

Count

%

Hypermethylated in girls compared to boys

8,131

2,509

30.9

5,622

69.1

Hypomethylated in girls compared to boys

3,645

522

14.3

3,123

85.7

Total

11,776

3,031

25.7

8,745

74.3

  1. Number of CpGs significantly hyper- and hypo-methylated in newborn girls compared to boys at FDR multiple testing threshold (q < 0.05), for all CpGs, and then stratified by autosomes and the X chromosome