Global Methylation and Hydroxymethylation in DNA from Blood and Saliva in Healthy Volunteers

Table 1

%methylation and %hydroxymethylation in blood and saliva.

	Mean	Standard deviation	Minimum	Maximum
Saliva DNA %hydroxymethylation	0.036	0.011	0.019	0.053
Blood DNA % hydroxymethylation	0.027	0.004	0.021	0.032
Saliva DNA %methylation	4.61	0.80	2.36	5.75
Blood DNA % methylation	5.70	0.22	5.25	6.12