Fetal alleles predisposing to metabolically favourable adiposity are associated with higher birth weight
William Thompson, Robin N. Beaumont, Alan Kuang, Nicole M. Warrington, Yingjie Ji, Jessica Tyrrell, Andrew R. Wood, Denise M. Scholtens, Bridget Knight, David M. Evans, William L. Lowe, Gillian Santorelli, Raq Azad, Dan Mason, Andrew Tym Hattersley, , Rachel M. Freathy
The paper examines the effect of fetal genetic predispositions to metabolically favourable adult adiposity and BMI on birth weight and other anthropometric traits, finding stronger associations with birth weight for the adiposity alleles.
Human Molecular Genetics · Dec 9, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetics