Common maternal and fetal genetic variants show expected polygenic effects on risk of small- or large-for-gestational-age (SGA or LGA), except in the smallest 3% of babies.
Babies born clinically Small- or Large-for-Gestational-Age (SGA or LGA; sex- and gestational age-adjusted birth weight (BW) <10th or >90th percentile, respectively), are at higher risks of complications. SGA and LGA include babies who have experienced environment-related growth-restriction or...
Main Authors: | Robin N Beaumont, Sarah J Kotecha, Andrew R Wood, Bridget A Knight, Sylvain Sebert, Mark I McCarthy, Andrew T Hattersley, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Nicholas J Timpson, Rachel M Freathy, Sailesh Kotecha |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-12-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009191 |
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