Table 3

Correlation between CGI density and genomic features in different human genomic regions

Gene-associated CGIs (24,228)
 Intergenic CGIs (13,026)
 Intragenic CGIs (12,136)
 TSS CGIs (11,192)


r
 P
 r
 P
 r
 P
 r
 P
Log10(chromosome size)
 -0.54
 3.9 × 10-3
 -0.55
 3.4 × 10-3
 -0.55
 3.1 × 10-3
 -0.51
 7.0 × 10-3
GC content
 0.88
 1.7 × 10-8
 0.87
 2.9 × 10-8
 0.85
 1.9 × 10-7
 0.91
 5.4 × 10-10
ObsCpG/ExpCpG
 0.92
 1.5 × 10-10
 0.91
 8.3 × 10-10
 0.92
 2.5 × 10-10
 0.91
 1.0 × 10-9

Han et al. Genome Biology 2008 9:R79   doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-5-r79