Genetic evidence for causal relationships between maternal obesity-related traits and birth weight

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1129-1140

  Tyrrell, Jessica ^a   Richmond, Rebecca C ^b,c   Palmer, Tom M ^d,e   Feenstra, Bjarke ^f   Rangarajan, Janani ^g   Metrustry, Sarah ^h   Cavadino, Alana ^i,j   Paternoster, Lavinia ^b   Armstrong, Loren L ^g   De Silva, N Maneka G ^b   Wood, Andrew R ^a   Horikoshi, Momoko ^k,l   Geller, Frank ^f   Myhre, Ronny ^m   Bradfield, Jonathan P ⁿ   Kreiner Møller, Eskil ^o,p   Huikari, Ille ^q   Painter, Jodie N ^r   Hottenga, Jouke Jan ^s,t   Allard, Catherine ^u,v   Berry, Diane J ⁱ   Bouchard, Luigi ^u,v,w   Das, Shikta ^x   Evans, David M ^b,y   Hakonarson, Hakon ^n,z   Hayes, M Geoffrey ^g   Heikkinen, Jani ^aa   Hofman, Albert ^c,ar   Knight, Bridget ^a   Lind, Penelope A ^r   McCarthy, Mark I ^k,l,ab   McMahon, George ^b   Medland, Sarah E ^r   Melbye, Mads ^f,ac   Morris, Andrew P ^l,ad   Nodzenski, Michael ^g   Reichetzeder, Christoph ^ae,af   Ring, Susan M ^b   Sebert, Sylvain ^q,x   Sengpiel, Verena ^ag   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^b,o,ah   Willemsen, Gonneke ^s,t   De Geus, Eco J C ^s,t   Martin, Nicholas G ^r   Spector, Tim D ^h   Power, Christine ^j   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^q,x,ai,aj   Bisgaard, Hans ^o,p   Grant, Struan F A ^n,z   Nohr, Ellen A ^ak   Jaddoe, Vincent W ^c   Jacobsson, Bo ^m,ag   Murray, Jeffrey C ^al   Hocher, Berthold ^ae,am   Hattersley, Andrew T ^a   Scholtens, Denise M ^g   Smith, George Davey ^b,c   Hivert, Marie France ^u,an,ao   Felix, Janine F ^c   Hyppönen, Elina ^j,ap,aq   Lowe, William L ^g   Frayling, Timothy M ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^b   Freathy, Rachel M ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^m NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

ⁿ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^p GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^q UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^r QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^s VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^t VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^u UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^v CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^w CHICOUTIMI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^x IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^z UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^ab NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^ac STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^af DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^ah The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^ai NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^aj OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^al UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^am THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^an HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^ao MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^aq SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^ar HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VITAMIN D; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALLELE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS OUTCOME; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL OBESITY; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84962534148     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.1975     Document Type: Conference Paper

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