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Maternal and fetal genetic predispositions to insulin deficiency and resistance affect fetal growth through distinct pathways.
Diabetologia - 1 Jul 2026
Yu Gechang, Tam Claudia H T, Shi Mai, Hughes Alice E, Huang Chuiguo, Deng Yuzhi, Weedon Michael N, Lim Cadmon K P, Wang Chi Chiu, Chan Juliana C N, Tam Wing Hung, Lowe William, Freathy Rachel M, Oram Richard A, Ma Ronald C W
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: We aimed to investigate whether maternal and fetal genetic predispositions to insulin deficiency and resistance affect offspring fetal growth through distinct pathways in multi-ethnic populations. METHODS: In 5065 multi-ethnic mother-infant pairs, we examined the conditional associations of maternal and fetal partitioned polygenic risk scores (pPRSs) for type 2 diabetes-related pathways with...
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