a negative trendp = 0.057
We obtained a significant negative correlation between PrP Sc deposits and the percentage of methylated CHG sites ( r = −0.972, p = 0.028) and a negative trend correlation with the percentages of mC sites ( r = −0.942, p = 0.057) and mCHH sites ( r = −0.936, p = 0.064) ( Figure 2A ).