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Genome-wide association study identifies a novel maternal gene × stress interaction associated with spontaneous preterm birth.
Pediatric research - 1 May 2021
Hong Xiumei, Surkan Pamela J, Zhang Boyang, Keiser Amaris, Ji Yuelong, Ji Hongkai, Burd Irina, Bustamante-Helfrich Blandine, Ogunwole S Michelle, Tang Wan-Yee, Liu Li, Pearson Colleen, Cerda Sandra, Zuckerman Barry, Hao Lingxin, Wang Xiaobin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Maternal stress is potentially a modifiable risk factor for spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB). However, epidemiologic findings on the maternal stress-sPTB relationship have been inconsistent. METHODS: To investigate whether the maternal stress-sPTB associations may be modified by genetic susceptibility, we performed genome-wide gene × stress interaction analyses in 1490 African-American women from the...
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