• Genome-wide DNA methylation in saliva and body size of adolescent girls 

      Rounge, Trine Ballestad; Page, Christian; Lepistö, Maija; Ellonen, Pekka; Andreassen, Bettina K; Weiderpass, Elisabete (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-10-20)
      Aim:<br>We performed an epigenome-wide association study within the Finnish Health in Teens cohort to identify differential DNA methylation and its association with BMI in adolescents.<br>Materials & methods:<br>Differential DNA methylation analyses of 3.1 million CpG sites were performed in saliva samples from 50 lean and 50 heavy adolescent girls by genome-wide targeted bisulfite-sequencing.<br> ...