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Associations of maternal early-pregnancy blood glucose and insulin concentrations with DNA methylation in newborns
7 Sept 2020
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BACKGROUND: Intrauterine exposure to a disturbed maternal glucose metabolism is associated with adverse offspring outcomes. DNA methylation is a potential mechanism underlying these associations. We examined whether maternal early-pregnancy glucose and insulin concentrations are associated with newborn DNA methylation. In a population-based prospective cohort study among 935 pregnant women, maternal plasma...
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