Abstract
Birth weight (BW) has been shown to be influenced by both fetal and maternal factors and in observational studies is reproducibly associated with future risk of adult metabolic diseases including type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease1. These lifecourse associations have often been attributed to the impact of an adverse early life environment. Here, we performed a multi-ancestry genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis of BW in 153,781 individuals, identifying 60 loci where fetal genotype was associated with BW (P < 5 × 10
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 248-252 |
| Journal | Nature |
| Volume | 538 |
| Issue number | 7624 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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- Netherlands Twin Register (NTR)
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