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Table 3 Selected overlapping signals between EWASs of iCHD or with iCHD follow-ups, and EWASs of CVD risk factors and CVD-related traits

From: DNA methylation signatures of incident coronary heart disease: findings from epigenome-wide association studies

iCHD DNA methylation signals

CVD or CHD risk factors EWAS signals identified the same gene

Study

Gene (CpG site, GRCh37/hg19 location)

Study

Phenotype/disease

Locus

Westerman et al. 2019 [30]

SLC1A5 (Intragenic region consisting of 6 CpG sites located in chr19: 47287777–47288263)

Hedman et al. 2017 [38]

TG levels

cg02711608, 5′UTR/body

Richard et al. 2017 [58]

Systolic and diastolic blood pressure

cg02711608, 5′UTR/body; cg22304262, 5′UTR/body

TNRC6C (Intragenic region consisting of 6 CpG sites located in chr17: 76037034–760375623)

Abdulrahim et al. 2019 [52]

All-cause mortality

Intragenic region consisting of 6 CpG sites located at chr17: 76037035–76037563

Agha et al. 2019 [34]

ITGB2 (cg08422803, TSS200/5′UTR)

Ligthart et al. 2016 [49]

CRP levels

cg18663307, 5′UTR/TSS1500

Del Pilar Valencia-Morales et al. 2015 [62]

Atherosclerotic aorta

cg18012089, body

KANK2 (cg01751802, TSS1500)

Hedman et al. 2017 [38]

HDL-cholesterol levels

*cg01751802, TSS1500

Zhang et al. 2017 [73]

Cardiac autonomic responses

cg26905268, TSS200

ADAMTS2 (cg02683350, body)

Gallego-Fabrega et al. 2016 [74]

Recurrence of ischemic stroke

cg09533145, body

ANO1 (cg24318598, 3′UTR/body)

Rask-Andersen et al. 2016 [23]

Cross-sectional MI

cg15269503, TSS200

Navas-Acien et al. 2021 [36]

CALHM1 (cg26955383, TSS200)

Mendelson et al. 2017 [75]

BMI

*cg26955383, TSS200

Aslibekyan et al. 2018 [37]

NLRC5 (cg07839457, TSS1500)

Ahsan et al. 2017 [76]

Levels of multiple protein biomarkers of inflammation and cancers

*cg07839457, TSS1500

Hedman et al. 2017 [38]

Total cholesterol levels

*cg07839457, TSS1500

Hedman et al. 2017 [38]

ABCG1 (cg27243685, 5′UTR/body)

Pfeiffer et al. 2015 [54]

HDL-cholesterol levels; TG levels

cg06500161, body

Demerath et al. 2015 [57]

BMI

cg06500161, body; *cg27243685, 5′UTR/body

Campanella et al. 2018 [42]

BMI; waist circumference; waist-hip ratio; waist-height ratio

cg06500161, body

Hidalgo et al. 2014 [55]

Insulin levels; HOMA-IR

cg06500161, body

Fernández-Sanlés et al. 2018 [46]

ALPPL2 (cg05951221, intergenic region; cg21566642, intergenic region)

Abdulrahim et al. 2019 [52]

All-cause mortality

Intragenic region

Zeilinger et al. 2013 [77]

Smoking

*cg21566642, intergenic region

Fernández-Sanlés et al. 2021 [53]

Cross-sectional MI

*cg21566642, intergenic region

AHRR (cg05575921, body)

Ligthart et al. 2016 [49]

CRP levels

*cg05575921, body

Zhang et al. 2016 [48]

Smoking

*cg05575921, body

Fernández-Sanlés et al. 2021 [53]

Cross-sectional MI

*cg05575921, body

Portilla-Fernández et al. 2021 [50]

Carotid intima-media thickness

*cg05575921, body

CPT1A (cg00574958, 5′UTR)

Hedman et al. 2017 [38]

TG levels

*cg00574958, 5′UTR; cg09737197, 5′UTR; cg17058475, 5′UTR

Pfeiffer et al. 2015 [54]

TG levels

*cg00574958, 5′UTR

Irvin et al. 2014 [56]

TG levels

*cg00574958, 5′UTR

Demerath et al. 2015 [57]

BMI

*cg00574958, 5′UTR

Richard et al. 2017 [58]

Systolic and diastolic blood pressure

*cg00574958, 5′UTR

SBNO2 (cg18608055, body)

Ligthart et al. 2016 [49]

CRP levels

*cg18608055, body

Ek et al. 2016 [60]

GDF-15 levels

*cg18608055, body

Kazmi et al. 2019 [78]

Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy

cg07573872, body

  1. ‘*’Denotes that the CpG site is the same as that identified in the EWAS of iCHD or with iCHD follow up