CpG methylation+ | Normal weight children (n = 79) | Overweight and obese children (n = 41) | |
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Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | p | |
POMC | |||
POMC–CpG1a | 57.07 ± 9.75 | 54.90 ± 8.10 | < 0.001 |
POMC–CpG2a | 50.30 ± 9.58 | 49.07 ± 7.41 | < 0.001 |
POMC–CpG3a | 51.71 ± 10.25 | 50.42 ± 7.46 | 0.002 |
POMC–CpG4a | 50.83 ± 9.15 | 49.20 ± 7.05 | < 0.001 |
MC4R | |||
MC4R–CpG1 | 95.19 ± 3.00 | 95.49 ± 2.51 | 0.02 |
MC4R–CpG2 | 91.03 ± 1.33 | 91.05 ± 1.61 | < 0.001 |
MC4R–CpG3a | 83.20 ± 1.71 | 83.18 ± 1.31 | 0.01 |
HNF4A–P1 | |||
HNF4A–CpG1 | 91.62 ± 4.68 | 91.73 ± 3.74 | < 0.001 |
HNF4A–CpG2a | 80.64 ± 6.30 | 80.53 ± 4.25 | 0.01 |
HNF4A–CpG3a | 85.83 ± 2.96 | 85.32 ± 2.37 | 0.001 |
HNF4A–CpG4a | 86.24 ± 2.79 | 85.18 ± 2.99 | 0.02 |
HNF4A–P2 | |||
HNF4A–CpG1 | 96.93 ± 1.07 | 97.55 ± 0.91 | 0.01 |
HNF4A–CpG3 | 94.79 ± 1.28 | 95.40 ± 1.05 | 0.03 |
HNF4A–CpG4a | 91.44 ± 1.84 | 91.29 ± 1.80 | 0.05 |