Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease
<p>Birth weight (BW) is influenced by both foetal and maternal factors and in observational studies is reproducibly associated with future risk of adult metabolic diseases including type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease. These lifecourse associations have often been attributed to th...
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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