Article
Causal Associations between Pre-pregnancy Obesity Traits and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Analyses.
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC - 1 Mar 2026
Hu Mengjin, Xia Jinggang, Yin Chunlin
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate potential causal effects of pre-pregnancy obesity traits on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy-gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia-using genetic epidemiology approaches. METHODS: We performed a comprehensive 2-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis leveraging summary statistics from large-scale genome-wide association studies. Eleven adiposity-related exposure...
Topics
- Humans
- Pregnancy
- Female
- Mendelian Randomization Analysis
- Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
- Pre-Eclampsia
- Obesity
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Body Mass Index
