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Maternal Plasma Folate and DNA Methylation in Epigenome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Newborns

Folic acid is routinely recommended for women trying to conceive to ensure proper fetal development. Mechanisms whereby periconceptional folate influences normal development and disease are poorly understood: epigenetics may be involved. This data represents meta-analysis results from a large epigenomics study to examine the association between maternal plasma folate during pregnancy and epigenome-wide DNA methylation using Illumina's HumanMethyl450 (450K) Beadchip in 1,996 newborns from two European cohorts. Results for all CpGs analyzed (419,905) are provided.

These data may be downloaded through the dbGaP Authorized Access portal under phg000701.v1.