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ArticleClinical epigenetics2022

Epigenome-wide contributions to individual differences in childhood phenotypes: a GREML approach.

Alexander Neumann, Jean-Baptiste Pingault, Janine F Felix, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Henning Tiemeier, Charlotte Cecil, Esther Walton

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Article in Clinical epigenetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 59% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. DNA methylation as proxy of genetic, prenatal and perinatal psychiatric risk factors.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Alexander NeumannDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. alexander.neumann@uantwerpen.vib.be.ORCID 0000-0001-6653-3203
Jean-Baptiste PingaultDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences, Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.
Janine F FelixThe Generation R Study Group, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Vincent W V JaddoeThe Generation R Study Group, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Henning TiemeierDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Charlotte Cecil *Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Esther Walton *Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Erasmus MC · NLHarvard University · USKing's College London · GBLeiden University Medical Center · NLUniversity of Antwerp · BEUniversity of Bath · GB

Funding

Epigenetic Pathways to Conduct Problem Trajectories: Early Environmental RisksR01HD068437 · NICHD · KING'S COLLEGE LONDON · PI BARKER, EDWARD D., MILL, JONATHAN · 2012 to 2014
$1.1M
CIHRMedical Research Council G9815508Medical Research Council MC_PC_15018Medical Research Council MC_PC_19009NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD068437Wellcome Trust 102215/2/13/2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism involved in human development. Numerous epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) have investigated the associations of DNA methylation at single CpG sites with childhood outcomes. However, the overall contribution of DNA methylation across the genome (R

resultsUsing information from > 470,000 autosomal probes we estimated that DNA methylation at birth explains 32% (SD

conclusionsThe results suggest that cord blood methylation explains a moderate degree of variance in gestational age and birth weight, in line with the success of previous EWAS in identifying numerous CpG sites associated with these phenotypes. In contrast, we could not obtain a reliable estimate for school-age BMI, IQ and ADHD symptoms. This may reflect a null bias due to insufficient sample size to detect variance explained in more weakly associated phenotypes, although the true R

Indexed as

EpigenomeIndividualityBirth WeightCpG IslandsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansPhenotypeADHDBirth weightBMIChild developmentDNA methylationEpigeneticsGCTAGestational ageGREMLIQ

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PMID35440009
PMCPMC9020033
OpenAlexW4225518108

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