Skip to main content

Table 2 Epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) comparing children prenatally exposed to high vs. low BPA. Shown are significant CpGs observed in cord blood that passed Bonferroni correction

From: MEST mediates the impact of prenatal bisphenol A exposure on long-term body weight development

CpG

Chromosome

Position

Region

Host gene

p value a

Δ βb

cg17580798

7

130,132,199

Promoter

MEST

1.35E-07

−1.8%

cg23117250

17

80,649,886

Intron

RAB40B

1.55E-07

−2.0%

  1. ap values are derived from a regression model with prenatal vitamin D level, prenatal benzene exposure, maternal smoking, maternal stress, and cord blood cell composition as confounding parameters
  2. bMethylation differences are shown as Δ methylation values (β)