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Table 3 Tissue-specific number of CpGs tested and number of significant CpGs for the mQTL, ASM, and GIT analyses

From: Functional variation in allelic methylomes underscores a strong genetic contribution and reveals novel epigenetic alterations in the human epigenome

Cell type

Naïve T cells

Visceral adipose tissue

Whole blood

Common

All mQTLs tested

3,140,791

1,959,622

4,261,030

1,602,686

Significant mQTLs (q < 0.1)

501,606

170,155

769,853

555,423

All ASM tested

3,109,121

1,713,482

1,636,884

1,079,807

Significant ASM (q < 0.1)

60,559

38,827

81,126

7,682

All GIT tested

2,944,290

1,714,250

1,076,251

622,721

Significant GIT (q < 0.01)

278,516

301,517

486,201

88,599