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Maternal genetic variation accounts in part for the associations of maternal size during pregnancy with offspring cardiometabolic risk in adulthood

Kwok, Pui-Yan;
Wander, PL;
Hochner, H;
Sitlani, CM;
Enquobahrie, DA;
Lumley, T;
Lawrence, GM;
Burger, A;
Savitsky, B;
Manor, O;
Meiner, V

UC San Francisco Previously Published Works (2014)

Background: Maternal pre-pregnancy body-mass index (ppBMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) are associated with cardiometabolic risk (CMR) traits in the offspring. The extent to which maternal genetic variation accounts for these associations is unknown.

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Associations of maternal pre-pregnancy and gestational body size with offspring longitudinal change in BMI

Kwok, Pui-Yan;
Lawrence, GM;
Shulman, S;
Friedlander, Y;
Sitlani, CM;
Burger, A;
Savitsky, B;
Granot-Hershkovitz, E;
Lumley, T;
Kwok, PY;
Hesselson, S

UC San Francisco Previously Published Works (2014)

Objectives Studies demonstrate associations between changes in obesity-related phenotypes and cardiovascular risk. Although maternal pre-pregnancy BMI (mppBMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) may be associated with adult offspring adiposity, no study has