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Genetic Evidence for Causal Relationships Between Maternal Obesity-Related Traits and Birth Weight
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Genetic Evidence for Causal Relationships Between Maternal Obesity-Related Traits and Birth Weight

Jessica Tyrrell, Rebecca C Richmond, Tom M Palmer, Bjarke Feenstra, Janani Rangarajan, Sarah Metrustry, Alana Cavadino, Lavinia Paternoster, Loren L Armstrong, N Maneka G De Silva, …
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, Vol.315(11), pp.1129-1140
03/15/2016
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.1975
PMCID: PMC4811305
PMID: 26978208
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https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2016.1975View
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Abstract

Neonates born to overweight or obese women are larger and at higher risk of birth complications. Many maternal obesity-related traits are observationally associated with birth weight, but the causal nature of these associations is uncertain.
Pregnancy Body Mass Index Blood Pressure - genetics Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - genetics Humans Obesity - ethnology European Continental Ancestry Group Genotype Obesity - blood Obesity - genetics Birth Weight - genetics Fasting - blood Mendelian Randomization Analysis Adult Blood Glucose - genetics Female Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Triglycerides - genetics Infant, Newborn

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