Assessing the Causal Relationship of Maternal Height on Birth Size and Gestational Age at Birth: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

BACKGROUND: Observational epidemiological studies indicate that maternal height is associated with gestational age at birth and fetal growth measures (i.e., shorter mothers deliver infants at earlier gestational ages with lower birth weight and birth length). Different mechanisms have been postulate...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Ge, Bacelis, Jonas, Lengyel, Candice, Teramo, Kari, Hallman, Mikko, Helgeland, Øyvind, Johansson, Stefan, Myhre, Ronny, Sengpiel, Verena, Njølstad, Pål Rasmus, Jacobsson, Bo, Muglia, Louis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26284790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001865

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