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Smoking during pregnancy is associated with child overweight independent of maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and genetic predisposition to adiposity.
Scientific reports - 24 Feb 2022
Schnurr Theresia M, Ängquist Lars, Nøhr Ellen Aagaard, Hansen Torben, Sørensen Thorkild I A, Morgen Camilla S
Abstract excerpt
High maternal body mass index (BMI) and smoking during pregnancy are risk factors for child overweight. Maternal smoking tends to reduce her BMI and the association of smoking with child overweight may be confounded by or interacting with maternal genetic predisposition to adiposity. In the Danish National Birth Cohort, we investigated whether smoking during pregnancy is associated with child BMI/overweight...
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