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Table 2 Significant mediating effects of gene methylation on IFN-γ 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

IFN-γ 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

DDR1

cg11975790

0.1813

0.0527

0.0201

0.0135

0.1749

−0.4065

0.1856

0.0364

0.0474

0.0230

0.0478

−0.0214

0.0116

−0.0537

−0.0045

−0.170991

FLT1

cg24850711

0.2527

0.0606

0.0187

0.0029

0.1142

−0.3210

0.2065

0.1306

0.0454

0.0249

0.0782

−0.0195

0.0129

−0.0540

−0.0010

−0.155283

IGF1R

cg13297560

0.1322

0.0388

0.0178

0.0375

0.1376

−0.3883

0.2139

0.0795

0.0410

0.0228

0.0822

−0.0151

0.0113

−0.0475

−0.0007

−0.120139

IL1R2

cg12910851

0.1628

0.0353

0.0144

0.0199

0.2001

−0.6216

0.2560

0.0214

0.0479

0.0224

0.0406

−0.0219

0.0151

−0.0659

−0.0031

−0.174821

LCK

cg17078393

0.2561

0.0659

0.0202

0.0027

0.1783

−0.4104

0.1846

0.0339

0.0530

0.0241

0.0353

−0.0271

0.0139

−0.0640

−0.0055

−0.21591

cg05350315

0.1949

0.0711

0.0260

0.0101

0.1651

−0.3033

0.1447

0.0447

0.0475

0.0233

0.0503

−0.0216

0.0145

−0.0629

−0.0019

−0.172012

cg11683242

0.1681

0.0443

0.0177

0.0178

0.2545

−0.5858

0.2007

0.0066

0.0519

0.0217

0.0231

−0.0259

0.0126

−0.0599

−0.0073

−0.206796

cg14781242

0.2081

0.0505

0.0177

0.0076

0.1625

−0.4395

0.2124

0.0472

0.0482

0.0235

0.0495

−0.0222

0.0109

−0.0519

−0.0063

−0.177247

LTA

cg16280132

0.3331

0.0652

0.0166

0.0004

0.1463

−0.4366

0.2291

0.0663

0.0544

0.0259

0.0440

−0.0285

0.0152

−0.0654

−0.0047

−0.227195

cg09736959

0.2952

0.0758

0.0210

0.0011

0.1433

−0.3391

0.1809

0.0706

0.0517

0.0252

0.0494

−0.0257

0.0150

−0.0628

−0.0014

−0.20498

cg24216966

0.2611

0.0886

0.0268

0.0024

0.1401

−0.2620

0.1423

0.0755

0.0492

0.0247

0.0555

−0.0232

0.0144

−0.0628

−0.0022

−0.185282

cg01157951

0.2634

0.0663

0.0199

0.0023

0.1334

−0.3402

0.1922

0.0869

0.0485

0.0248

0.0600

−0.0225

0.0140

−0.0592

−0.0010

−0.179876

cg21999229

0.2593

0.1120

0.0340

0.0025

0.1287

−0.1940

0.1129

0.0961

0.0477

0.0248

0.0643

−0.0217

0.0142

−0.0592

−0.0002

−0.17327

cg14597739

0.2618

0.1198

0.0361

0.0023

0.1504

−0.2043

0.1049

0.0608

0.0504

0.0246

0.0487

−0.0245

0.0156

−0.0674

−0.0021

−0.195257

cg16219283

0.2575

0.1038

0.0316

0.0026

0.1430

−0.2250

0.1202

0.0710

0.0493

0.0246

0.0540

−0.0234

0.0151

−0.0641

−0.0010

−0.186303

cg13815684

0.2571

0.0877

0.0268

0.0026

0.1569

−0.2838

0.1410

0.0531

0.0509

0.0244

0.0456

−0.0249

0.0141

−0.0635

−0.0038

−0.198557

cg10476003

0.2229

0.0794

0.0266

0.0055

0.1749

−0.3071

0.1402

0.0364

0.0504

0.0236

0.0410

−0.0244

0.0138

−0.0656

−0.0048

−0.194562

cg09621572

0.2220

0.1022

0.0343

0.0056

0.1447

−0.2091

0.1107

0.0686

0.0473

0.0240

0.0578

−0.0214

0.0141

−0.0609

−0.0024

−0.170417

cg17169196

0.2233

0.0894

0.0299

0.0055

0.1638

−0.2615

0.1255

0.0459

0.0493

0.0237

0.0464

−0.0234

0.0138

−0.0624

−0.0042

−0.186458

cg02402436

0.2261

0.0932

0.0310

0.0052

0.1323

−0.2173

0.1236

0.0890

0.0462

0.0242

0.0661

−0.0203

0.0129

−0.0574

−0.0018

−0.161559

cg14441276

0.2038

0.0741

0.0263

0.0084

0.1409

−0.2678

0.1448

0.0742

0.0458

0.0238

0.0634

−0.0199

0.0136

−0.0591

−0.0010

−0.158425

cg11586857

0.1575

0.0561

0.0233

0.0222

0.1857

−0.3647

0.1590

0.0290

0.0464

0.0225

0.0477

−0.0205

0.0123

−0.0566

−0.0033

−0.163339

cg14437551

0.1758

0.0986

0.0383

0.0151

0.1758

−0.2304

0.0961

0.0230

0.0487

0.0226

0.0393

−0.0227

0.0140

−0.0635

−0.0035

−0.181167

LTBR

cg23079808

0.1487

−0.0474

0.0204

0.0267

0.2281

0.4754

0.1772

0.0118

0.0485

0.0218

0.0337

−0.0225

0.0123

−0.0521

−0.0046

−0.179865

MAP3K14

cg16826777

0.1665

−0.0516

0.0207

0.0184

0.2136

0.4488

0.1759

0.0161

0.0491

0.0222

0.0349

−0.0231

0.0123

−0.0568

−0.0055

−0.184658

NFKBIA

cg00689225

0.2086

0.0668

0.0234

0.0075

0.2304

−0.4173

0.1544

0.0112

0.0538

0.0226

0.0236

−0.0279

0.0127

−0.0630

−0.0095

−0.222303

cg16518861

0.1288

0.0439

0.0205

0.0403

0.2475

−0.4968

0.1740

0.0077

0.0478

0.0213

0.0322

−0.0218

0.0127

−0.0579

−0.0046

−0.173912

PIK3CD

cg01320698

0.3012

0.0487

0.0133

0.0009

0.2948

−0.8481

0.2591

0.0027

0.0673

0.0230

0.0065

−0.0413

0.0172

−0.0857

−0.0155

−0.329546

cg07499142

0.1747

0.0599

0.0234

0.0155

0.1688

−0.3416

0.1603

0.0413

0.0464

0.0230

0.0522

−0.0205

0.0109

−0.0480

−0.0034

−0.163265

PIK3R2

cg11953794

0.2101

−0.0753

0.0262

0.0073

0.2804

0.4185

0.1330

0.0037

0.0575

0.0218

0.0133

−0.0315

0.0134

−0.0659

−0.0109

−0.251347

cg04610450

0.1700

−0.0442

0.0176

0.0171

0.2369

0.5647

0.2045

0.0097

0.0510

0.0219

0.0272

−0.0250

0.0127

−0.0600

−0.0068

−0.199292

PRKCZ

cg02481000

0.1183

−0.0434

0.0213

0.0501

0.1988

0.4175

0.1728

0.0220

0.0441

0.0218

0.0523

−0.0181

0.0120

−0.0530

−0.0024

−0.14457

TGFBR2

cg04916416

0.1641

0.0412

0.0167

0.0193

0.1691

−0.4793

0.2246

0.0411

0.0457

0.0228

0.0543

−0.0197

0.0114

−0.0514

−0.0032

−0.157375

TLR6

cg14578677

0.1978

−0.0707

0.0256

0.0095

0.1637

0.3060

0.1470

0.0460

0.0476

0.0234

0.0506

−0.0216

0.0130

−0.0563

−0.0029

−0.172535

TNFAIP3

cg22014112

0.1467

0.0563

0.0244

0.0278

0.1868

−0.3499

0.1519

0.0284

0.0457

0.0223

0.0497

−0.0197

0.0131

−0.0576

−0.0024

−0.157265

TNFRSF1B

cg05599723

0.1221

−0.0465

0.0224

0.0462

0.1850

0.3790

0.1657

0.0294

0.0436

0.0221

0.0573

−0.0176

0.0111

−0.0496

−0.0024

−0.140605

cg15526535

0.1349

0.0389

0.0177

0.0355

0.1947

−0.4959

0.2086

0.0240

0.0453

0.0221

0.0493

−0.0193

0.0113

−0.0496

−0.0038

−0.153835

cg22677556

0.2258

0.0679

0.0226

0.0052

0.1711

−0.3567

0.1656

0.0394

0.0502

0.0237

0.0424

−0.0242

0.0107

−0.0539

−0.0084

−0.193363

TRAF5

cg10721755

0.1654

−0.0516

0.0208

0.0188

0.2716

0.5175

0.1686

0.0045

0.0527

0.0214

0.0198

−0.0267

0.0140

−0.0644

−0.0070

−0.212858

ZAP70

cg08859278

0.1844

0.0475

0.0179

0.0126

0.2533

−0.5756

0.1979

0.0068

0.0533

0.0219

0.0211

−0.0273

0.0135

−0.0627

−0.0073

−0.2181

  1. Mediation effects that survived Bonferroni correction are presented in italics
  2. BCL10 B cell CLL/lymphoma 10, DDR1 discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinase 1, FLT1 Fms-related tyrosine kinase 1, IGF1R insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor, IL1R2 interleukin 1 receptor, type II, LCK lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase, LTA lymphotoxin alpha, LTBR lymphotoxin beta receptor (TNFR superfamily, member 3), MAP3K14 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 14, MAP4K4 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 4, NFKBIA nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B cell inhibitor, alpha, PIK3CD phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase, catalytic subunit delta, PIK3R2 phosphoinositide-3-kinase, regulatory subunit 2 (beta), PRKCZ protein kinase C, zeta, TGFBR2 transforming growth factor, beta receptor II, TLR6 Toll-like receptor 6, TNFAIP3 tumor necrosis factor, alpha-induced protein 3, TNFRSF1B tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 1B, TRAF5 TNF receptor-associated factor 5, ZAP70 zeta-chain (TCR)-associated protein kinase 70 kDa, SE standard error, LLCI lower limit confidence interval, ULCI upper limit confidence interval