Maternal genetic variation accounts in part for the associations of maternal size during pregnancy with offspring cardiometabolic risk in adulthood.

Maternal genetic variation accounts in part for the associations of maternal size during pregnancy with offspring cardiometabolic risk in adulthood.

Maternal pre-pregnancy body-mass index (ppBMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) are associated with cardiometabolic risk (CMR) traits in the offspring. The extent to which maternal genetic variation accounts for these associations is unknown.In 1249 mother-offspring pairs recruited from the Jerusal...

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Main Authors: Pandora L Wander, Hagit Hochner, Colleen M Sitlani, Daniel A Enquobahrie, Thomas Lumley, Gabriela M Lawrence, Ayala Burger, Bella Savitsky, Orly Manor, Vardiella Meiner, Stephanie Hesselson, Pui Y Kwok, David S Siscovick, Yechiel Friedlander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3966761?pdf=render

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