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Maternal respiratory health and intrauterine exposure-driven birthweight: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study.
International journal of epidemiology - 13 Jun 2022
He Baoting, Kwok Man Ki, Chan Io Ieong, Schooling C Mary
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BACKGROUND: Observationally, poorer maternal respiratory health is associated with poorer birth outcomes, possibly confounded by socioeconomic position and other maternal attributes. We used multivariable Mendelian randomization (MR) to obtain unconfounded estimates of effect of maternal lung function on birthweight, independent of maternal height. METHODS: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for forced...
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