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The obesity associated FTO gene variant and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: Evidence from the SCOPE study.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Dec 2016
Andraweera Prabha H, Dekker Gustaaf A, Leemaqz Shalem, McCowan Lesley, Roberts Claire T
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the FTO rs9939609 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), which is a risk factor for obesity and vascular diseases, is also associated with pregnancy complications including pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension, small for gestational age pregnancy (SGA), and spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB). METHODS: A case-control study of 1,741 nulliparous Caucasian women, their partners, and...
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