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Table 3 Genomic context and biological exposures and traits previously associated with suggestive CpGs

From: A meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies of ultra-processed food consumption with DNA methylation in European children

CpG ID (UPF association)

Chromosome

Position

Relation to island

Gene region

Nearest gene

eQTM a

EWAS catalog (tissue exposure direction) b

Ewas atlas (biological traits) c

cg14665028 ( +)

2

220,024,924

Island

5'UTR

NHEJ1

0

Buccal cells tissue versus blood [95]

No results

cg18968409 ( +)

2

34,633,637

Open Sea

  

0

Whole blood: age (−) [74]

Adults: hepatocellular carcinoma HCC ( +) [78]

cg00339913 (−)

8

22,085,227

Open Sea

Body

PHYHIP

0

Whole blood: age (−) [74]

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (−) [77]

cg03041696 (−)

14

21,094,001

S Shore

  

0

Whole blood: age (−) [74]

Mother–newborns: alcohol consumption ( +) [96]

cg24730307 ( +)

22

24,405,009

N Shelf

  

0

Buccal cells tissue vs blood [95]

No results

cg09709951 ( +)

12

54,017,699

N Shelf

5'UTR

ATF7

2 (ATF)

Whole blood: age ( +)[74] sex ( +)[74] Adults: juice consumption (−) [75]

SETD1B-neurodevelopment-related syndrome ( +) [73]

cg03999434 (−)

12

1,639,034

Island

  

0

Whole blood: age ( +)[74] sex (−) [74] Liver: adult liver versus foetus (−) [76]

Adults: asthma (−) [97] air pollution (−) [98] Children: age (−) [99]

  1. aExpression Quantitative Trait Methylation (eQTMs) associated with each CpGs, derived from the HELIX eQTM blood database
  2. bReported associations in the EWAS catalog [37]. All are in children, except when indicated otherwise
  3. cReported associations with biological traits documented in the EWAS atlas [63]