Assessing the effect of childbearing on blood DNA methylation through comparison of parous and nulliparous females

Abstract Background Pregnancy and childbirth have been connected to modified risk of a wide variety of conditions in later life, including neurodegenerative disorders and cancers. The presence, extent, and direction of the effect that childbearing status has on decreasing or increasing the risk of t...

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Main Authors: Su Chen, Miranda Johs, Wilfried Karmaus, John W. Holloway, Parnian Kheirkhah Rahimabad, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Karen E. Peterson, Dana C. Dolinoy, S. Hasan Arshad, Susan Ewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-04-01
Series:Epigenetics Communications
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43682-024-00025-9