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Maternal smoking, genetic susceptibility, and birth-to-adulthood body weight.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Jun 2020
Sun Dianjianyi, Zhou Tao, Li Xiang, Ley Sylvia H, Heianza Yoriko, Qi Lu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Maternal smoking (MS) is associated with low birthweight (BW) but adult obesity in offspring, however, it remains unknown whether it modifies offspring's genetic susceptibility to obesity on BW, adult body weight, and birth-to-adulthood body weight tracking pattern. METHODS: This study included 246,759 UK Biobank participants with information on MS, BW (kg), adult body weight and BMI (kg/m2)....
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