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- Title
Prenatal risk factors and neonatal DNA methylation in very preterm infants.
- Authors
Camerota, Marie; Graw, Stefan; Everson, Todd M.; McGowan, Elisabeth C.; Hofheimer, Julie A.; O'Shea, T. Michael; Carter, Brian S.; Helderman, Jennifer B.; Check, Jennifer; Neal, Charles R.; Pastyrnak, Steven L.; Smith, Lynne M.; Dansereau, Lynne M.; DellaGrotta, Sheri A.; Marsit, Carmen J.; Lester, Barry M.
- Abstract
Background: Prenatal risk factors are related to poor health and developmental outcomes for infants, potentially via epigenetic mechanisms. We tested associations between person-centered prenatal risk profiles, cumulative prenatal risk models, and epigenome-wide DNA methylation (DNAm) in very preterm neonates. Methods: We studied 542 infants from a multi-center study of infants born < 30 weeks postmenstrual age. We assessed 24 prenatal risk factors via maternal report and medical record review. Latent class analysis was used to define prenatal risk profiles. DNAm was quantified from neonatal buccal cells using the Illumina MethylationEPIC Beadarray. Results: We identified three latent profiles of women: a group with few risk factors (61%) and groups with elevated physical (26%) and psychological (13%) risk factors. Neonates born to women in higher risk subgroups had differential DNAm at 2 CpG sites. Higher cumulative prenatal risk was associated with methylation at 15 CpG sites, 12 of which were located in genes previously linked to physical and mental health and neurodevelopment. Conclusion: We observed associations between prenatal risk factors and DNAm in very preterm infants using both person-centered and cumulative risk approaches. Epigenetics offers a potential biological indicator of prenatal risk exposure.
- Subjects
PREMATURE infants; DNA methylation; BIOINDICATORS; NEWBORN infants; INFANTS; RISK exposure
- Publication
Clinical Epigenetics, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1868-7075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13148-021-01164-9