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Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy Interacts With Genetic Factors to Increase Risk for Low Birth Weight but Not Harmful Offspring Smoking Behaviors in Europeans.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco - 23 Sept 2025
Romero Villela Pamela N, Kelly Kristen M, Balbona Jared V, Ehringer Marissa A, Keller Matthew C
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INTRODUCTION: Pregnant individuals who smoke face increased health risks because smoking harms both the mother and their developing offspring. AIMS AND METHODS: Using 307 417 Europeans from the UK Biobank, we examined whether exposure to maternal smoking during pregnancy (MSP) interacts with genetic risk to predict offspring birth weight (BW) and smoking behaviors. We investigated interactions between MSP and...
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