TABLE 2

Epigenome-wide associations between genome-wide DNA methylation and diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO)/alveolar volume (VA)

ModelCpGChromosomePositionGeneRSFHS
Effect estimateStandard errorFDREffect estimateStandard errorFDR
M1cg055759215373 378AHRR0.0650.0120.0170.0370.00558.72×10−6
M2cg055759215373 378AHRR0.0640.0120.0470.0400.00571.56×10−6
M2cg059512212233 284 402ALPG#0.0490.00930.0470.0300.00513.60×10−4

RS: Rotterdam Study (the “discovery panel”); FHS: Framingham Heart Study (the “replication panel”); FDR: false discovery rate; M1: model adjusted for age, sex, current smoking, former smoking, white blood cell count and batch effect; M2: model adjusted for age, sex, current smoking, former smoking, weight, height, white blood cell count and batch effect; #: closest gene (distance >8 Kbp).