Table 2

EWAS and/or GWAS (within 200 kb of CpG) replication of 48 differentially methylated CpG sites

CpG_IDChromosome:PositionGeneGene_GroupObesity(-related) associations in EWAS catalog (p<1×10–3)Obesity(-related) association in EWAS Atlas (excluded p=NR)Obesity(-related) association in GWAS catalog (within 200 Kb of CpG, p<5×10–8)
Obesity(-related) CpGs known in EWAS*
cg0650016121:43 656 587ABCG1BodyBMI, TG, WC, T2D, Fasting GlucoseT2D, BMI, Blood TG, MetS
cg2724368521:43 642 366ABCG15'UTRBMI, TG, WC, Total lipidsBMI
cg0108249811:68 608 225CPT1A5'UTRTG, LDL cholesterolLDL cholesterol, Blood TGBMI
cg144653763:81 766 440GBE1BodyTG, Cholesterol, HCBMI, WC
cg1300128917:1 415 550INPP5KBodyTotal cholesterolObesity
cg0233530611:2 559 880KCNQ1BodyFree cholesterol to total lipids ratio in small VLDLT2D
cg1674491110:102 108 974SCDBodyBirth weightFatty acid desaturase activity (fat tissue), Total cholesterol
cg1102468217:17 730 094SREBF1BodyBMI, TG, CRP, WC, T2DBMI, WC, Blood TG, T2DBMI, T2D
Novel CpGs but known gene in GWAS
cg206553502:219 124 263GPBAR1TSS1500WHR
cg0432160822:50 689 962HDAC10TSS200BMI
cg178279492:207 974 984MIR2355;KLF7TSS200;BodyBMI
cg187065116:46 350 774RCAN2BodyBMI
cg1188474111:134 449 995BMI
cg2338650916:80 843 728WHR
cg2389163312:11 695 118Subcutaneous adipose tissue
cg2741395014:60 789 354Hip circumference adjusted for BMI
Novel CpGs but known gene in GWASrelated to complex trait
cg012697956:26 440 101BTN3A3TSS1500TG
cg134242293:148 581 837CPA3TSS1500Birth weight
cg008572826:16 130 727MYLIPBodyCholesterol, LDL cholesterol, Total cholesterol
cg1398045414:36 985 905NKX2-13'UTRT2D
cg1454619717:38 137 043PSMD3TSS200Subcutaneous adipose tissue
cg0390421321:40 457 407TG
Novel CpGs in both GWASand EWAS*
cg1674058621:43 655 919ABCG1Body
cg142343941:212 787 866ATF35'UTR;TSS1500
cg2376230616:3 817 973CREBBPBody
cg0577933616:23 682 007DCTN5Body
cg015798847:37 004 390ELMO15'UTR
cg217395304:174 186 068GALNT7Body
cg031342851:67 836 673IL12RB2Body
cg059352833:190 231 667IL1RAPTSS200
cg1790989210:135 009 388KNDC1Body
cg132798944:151 600 922LRBABody
cg2279684919:17 530 340MVB12ATSS1500
cg1955445712:93 774 772NUDT4Body
cg2361007512:14 722 220PLBD1TSS1500
cg136896999:137 225 311RXRABody
cg030014632:200 323 278SATB25'UTR
cg1984268310:102 795 320SFXN3Body
cg1583351120:35 256 798SLA2Body
cg262574116:33 397 122SYNGAP1Body
cg2654792812:33 589 385SYT10Body
cg274656542:71 221 575TEX261Body
cg1085176321:43 545 792UMODL1Body
cg234875602:10 832 689
cg020060359:118 859 925
cg157302341:101 759 418
cg2109865211:121 129 115
cg242715016:47 042 976
  • IDs of CpG sites and genes in bold indicate that differential methylation was correlated with differences of gene expression, and each obesity (-related) CpGs were differentially methylated in both blood and fat tissue.

  • *EWAS: EWAS catalog (http://www.ewascatalog.org/) and EWAS atlas (https://bigd.big.ac.cn/ewas).

  • †GWAS: GWAS catalog (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/gwas/).

  • BMI, body mass index; CRP, C-reactive Protein; EWAS, epigenome-wide association study; GWAS, genome-wide association studies; HC, Hepatic Cholesterol; LDL, Low-density lipoprotein; T2D, type 2 diabetes; TG, Triglyceride; WC, Waist Circumference; WHR, waist-hip ratio.