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Table 5 Significant mediating effects of gene methylation on IL-13 outcome

From: DNA methylation mediates the effect of exposure to prenatal maternal stress on cytokine production in children at age 13½ years: Project Ice Storm

Gene

CpG site

DNA methylation

IL-13 outcome

Mediation effect

R 2

Storm32

R 2

DNA methylation

Storm32

Effect (a)

SE

p val.

Effect (b)

SE

p val.

Effect (c')

SE

p val.

Effect (a*b)

Boot SE

Boot LLCI

Boot ULCI

Standardized Effect

LCK

cg17078393

0.2561

0.0659

0.0202

0.0027

0.1906

0.1831

0.1123

0.1133

0.0144

0.0146

0.3331

0.0121

0.0087

0.0003

0.0348

0.157233

cg05350315

0.1949

0.0711

0.026

0.0101

0.1727

0.1235

0.0883

0.1721

0.0177

0.0142

0.223

0.0088

0.0068

0.0001

0.028

0.144773

  1. None of the mediation effects survived Bonferroni correction