Low birthweight and risk of type 2 diabetes: a Mendelian randomisation study

Diabetologia

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1920-1927

  Wang, Tiange ^a,b,c   Huang, Tao ^a,b   Li, Yanping ^b   Zheng, Yan ^b   Manson, JoAnn E ^b,d   Hu, Frank B ^b,d   Qi, Lu ^a,b,d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Mendelian randomisation; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADENYLYL CYCLASE TYPE V; CDKAL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADENYLYL CYCLASES; ADULT; AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 84975450925     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-016-4019-z     Document Type: Article

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