The Illumina Illumina HumanMethylation 450 BeadChip was used to obtain DNA methylation profiles across approximately 485,000 CpGs. Samples included 5 term blood samples, 5 pre-term blood samples. Over
Longitudinal samples were collected from neonates in the NICU at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Blood collection occurred by heel stick and was collected on Whatman paper shortly