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Genetically predicted breastfeeding propensity and brain microstructural morphology: Insights from genome-wide association study summary statistics and neurogenomics.
Clinical nutrition ESPEN - 1 Oct 2026
Peng Wan, Zheng Lu, Huo Fengjing, Gong Huiting, Zhang Ming, Zhu Xiao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding provides nutrients and bioactive components relevant to infant development, but observational associations with brain outcomes may be influenced by socioeconomic, maternal, and family-level factors. Mendelian randomization (MR) offers a genetic framework for evaluating associations by using genetic variants as proxies for breastfeeding propensity; it does not directly measure the effect...
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- Humans
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Brain
- Breast Feeding
- Female
- Mendelian Randomization Analysis
