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Table 2 Correlation between changes in SNORA12 gene expression and DNA methylation during infection with clinical characteristics of our study populations

From: Human rhinovirus infection causes different DNA methylation changes in nasal epithelial cells from healthy and asthmatic subjects

 

Healthy (n = 13)

Asthma (n = 16)

Both Groups

 

Expression

Methylation

Expression

Methylation

Expression

Methylation

 

rs

p value

rs

p value

rs

p value

rs

p value

rs

p value

rs

p value

Atopy

0.16

0.59

0.12

0.69

0.20

0.47

0.17

0.53

0.26

0.18

-0.09

0.63

FEV1 (% predicted)

-0.36

0.22

0.37

0.21

0.71

0.002

0.00

0.99

0.11

0.59

0.27

0.15

FEV1/FVC (L)

-0.57

0.04

-0.09

0.76

0.43

0.10

0.23

0.39

-0.12

0.55

0.29

0.13

PEF (L/min)

-0.08

0.80

-0.08

0.79

-0.13

0.64

-0.04

0.88

-0.08

0.68

0.00

1.00

Nasal Allergies

-0.22

0.50

0.39

0.21

0.08

0.78

-0.02

0.95

0.13

0.51

-0.17

0.39

Chronic Rhinosinusitis

0.06

0.84

0.32

0.30

-0.15

0.58

-0.06

0.84

-0.05

0.81

0.10

0.61

Albuterol use

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

-0.29

0.28

0.07

0.80

-0.01

0.96

-0.21

0.27

  1. FEV1 – forced expiratory volume in one second. FVC – forced vital capacity. PEF – Peak expiratory Flow. rs – spearmans rho.