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Table 3 Differentially methylated regions with DNA methylation changes that differ between participants receiving folic acid and vitamin B12 or placebo

From: The effects of long-term daily folic acid and vitamin B12 supplementation on genome-wide DNA methylation in elderly subjects

Gene

Gene feature

Chr

hg19 coordinates

Probes

Minimal p value

Mean p value

Maximal difference in methylation change (%)a

DIRAS3

5′UTR,1stExon,TSS200

1

68516080-68516627

11

0.0095

0.0175

5.2

–

–

6

85478576-85478807

2

0.0155

0.0210

3.6

NODAL

3′UTR

10

72191686-72191804

2

0.0198

0.0231

2.3

ARMC8

TSS1500,TSS200

3

137905836-137906122

7

0.0361

0.0400

1.3

PRDM16

Body

1

3130485-3130550

3

0.0361

0.0361

2.8

GNA12

Body

7

2801424-2801732

3

0.0387

0.0437

−2.4

  1. The DMRs were identified using the DMRcate package available through Bioconductor. The p values considered the false discovery rate and were adjusted using the Benjamini-Hochberg procedure. The minimal and mean p value as well as the maximal difference in DNA methylation change were calculated based on the indicated number of probes for each region. aThe maximal difference was calculated for the DNA methylation change after intervention with folic acid and vitamin B12 versus placebo. Abbreviations: Chr chromosome, DMR differentially methylated region, h19 coordinates for the human genome based on the Genome Reference Consortium Human Build 37 (hg19/GRCh37), TSS200 200 base pairs around the transcription start site, TSS1500 1500 base pairs around the transcription start site, 3′UTR 3′ untranslated region, 5′UTR 5′ untranslated region