Maternal hypertension-related genes affect the fetal growth via placenta

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Low birth weight is associated with the development of cardio-metabolic diseases later in life1-4. A recent Mendelian Randomization Study concluded that the susceptibility of low-birth-weight infants to develop hypertension during adulthood is due to the inheritance of hypertension genes from the mother, and not to an unfavorable intrauterine environment5. Therein, it has been assumed t...

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• Birth Weight
• Blood Pressure
• Body Mass Index
• Hypertension
• Infant, Newborn
• Mendelian Randomization Analysis
• Pre-Eclampsia
• Pregnancy

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18a6a5f9-3b5e-5eda-a1a5-8c81a35e6340

DOI

10.21203/rs.3.rs-431082/v1