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Table 3 Mean difference in CpG methylation in a ±100 kb window flanking ancestry informative markers (AIMs) between African-Americans (AA), Caucasian-Americans (CA) and Han Chinese-Americans (HC), according to gene context

From: Effect of genetic ancestry on leukocyte global DNA methylation in cancer patients

Gene Context

Mean β value

 

P value*

 

AA

CA

HC

AA_CA

AA_HC

CA_HC

Gene body

0.520

0.497

0.523

4.85e−6

3.56e−1

4.20e−8

Intergenic region

0.584

0.552

0.594

2.81e−17

2.48e−3

4.24e−31

Promoter

0.304

0.292

0.306

1.92e−2

6.72e−2

2.77e−5

  1. *Wilcoxon Rank Sum test, FDR p-value