title: Candidate gene methylation studies are at high risk of erroneous conclusions.
authors: Center for Biomarker Research & Personalized Medicine, Virginia Common-wealth University, PO Box 980533, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
authors: Andrey A
authors: AA
authors: Shabalin
authors: Karolina A
authors: KA
authors: Aberg
authors: Edwin J C G
authors: EJ
authors: van den Oord
mesh_terms: D019175:DNA Methylation; D005796:Genes; D056726:Genetic Association Studies; D006801:Humans
keywords: DNA methylation; candidate gene study; false discoveries; methylome-wide association study; principal component analysis