The dmCpGs associated with father’s body silhouette at age 8 included cg01945624 located to SH3TC1 (a gene known to be associated with low lipoprotein), cg10366797 in HOXC4 (associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index61 and body shape index62) and cg08975641 mapped to TH2LCRR (a gene known to give higher susceptibility to asthma and allergic disease by impact on Th2 cell activity63). Here, TH2LCRR is linked to asthma.