Educational attainment and offspring birth weight: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study

Educational attainment and offspring birth weight: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study

Background: The association between educational attainment (EA) and offspring birth weight (BW) has been reported by several traditional epidemiological studies. However, evidence for this association tends to be mixed and confounded. This study aimed to investigate the causal association between EA...

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Main Authors: Yu Liu, Chen Jin, Li-Fang Ni, Tian Zheng, Xiao-Chen Liu, Shan-Shan Wang, Hui-Jun Huang, Ming-Min Jin, Bin-Wei Cheng, Hong-Tao Yan, Xin-Jun Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
educational attainment
offspring birth weight
causal association
two-sample bidirectional mendelian randomization
instrumental variable
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.922382/full

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