Maternal and fetal genetic contributions to postterm Birth: Familial clustering in a population-based sample of 475,429 Swedish Births

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 531-537

  Oberg, Anna S ^a,b,c   Frisell, Thomas ^a   Svensson, Anna C ^a   Iliadou, Anastasia N ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

components of variance; family; logistic regression; mixed linear model; postterm birth; risk factors

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATURATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMATURITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, POSTMATURE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84874897740     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws244     Document Type: Article

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