Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

Kyle J. Gaulton | Peter K. Joshi | Sara M. Willems | Samuel E. Jones | David M. Evans | K. Lunetta | J. Murabito | A. Hofman | A. Uitterlinden | T. Spector | I. Ntalla | K. Hao | M. McCarthy | E. Zeggini | A. Morris | D. Lawlor | T. Lehtimäki | H. Hakonarson | X. Estivill | S. Grant | T. Hansen | O. Pedersen | N. Grarup | D. Torrents | Z. Kutalik | J. Tyrrell | Po-Ru Loh | S. Ring | T. Frayling | R. Freathy | J. Perry | B. Shields | M. Weedon | A. Hattersley | N. W. Rayner | N. Timpson | Y. Teo | J. Viikari | M. Kogevinas | C. Marsit | M. Vrijheid | L. Chatzi | A. Vaag | O. Raitakari | F. Rivadeneira | T. Ahluwalia | K. Bønnelykke | H. Bisgaard | N. Warrington | G. Willemsen | E. D. de Geus | D. Scholtens | G. Montgomery | K. Mohlke | J. Bradfield | R. Rueedi | T. Lakka | D. Boomsma | M. Stumvoll | H. Inskip | N. Wareham | J. Heinrich | M. Horikoshi | A. Mahajan | V. Lagou | L. Marullo | J. Hottenga | E. Hyppönen | M. Müller-Nurasyid | E. V. van Leeuwen | C. V. van Duijn | J. Eriksson | C. Power | M. Järvelin | I. Prokopenko | P. Marques‐Vidal | D. Hougaard | S. Medland | A. V. van Kampen | H. Kadarmideen | J. Mercader | B. Knight | P. Njølstad | K. Ong | A. Bennett | N. Robertson | D. Evans | B. Jacobsson | P. Joshi | P. Lind | R. Myhre | H. Campbell | G. Dedoussis | M. Kähönen | P. Vollenweider | E. Widén | James F. Wilson | S. Saw | Jin-Fang Chai | J. Luan | R. Scott | C. Langenberg | F. Rosendaal | D. Mook-Kanamori | C. Have | T. Sørensen | A. Wood | M. Atalay | L. Lyytikäinen | Ying Wu | L. Adair | G. Davey Smith | M. Bartels | F. Day | T. Vrijkotte | L. Muglia | A. Linneberg | K. Michaelsen | V. Jaddoe | C. Duijn | B. V. van Schaik | L. Beilin | P. Kovacs | A. Tönjes | M. Hayes | G. Hemani | B. Feenstra | C. Medina-Gomez | F. Geller | J. Murray | S. Sebert | M. Melbye | E. V. Appel | Ø. Helgeland | S. Johansson | R. Li-Gao | C. Pennell | K. Ruth | Carol A. Wang | H. Yaghootkar | E. Thiering | E. D. Geus | A. Cavadino | H. Mbarek | R. Beaumont | M. Tuke | A. Murray | C. Relton | M. Nodzenski | Shouneng Peng | J. Painter | M. Murcia | R. Joro | M. Standl | W. Lowe | J. Holloway | N. Vilor-Tejedor | J. Bacelis | Ge Zhang | F. Mentch | D. Cousminer | K. Panoutsopoulou | E. M. Leeuwen | J. Fernández-Tajes | J. Felix | A. Körner | W. Kiess | M. Bustamante | M. Hivert | N. V. van Zuydam | W. Ang | L. Paternoster | E. Nøhr | Marc Vaudel | Jia Chen | J. Holm | J. Stokholm | J. Stokholm | B. Chawes | R. Vinding | C. Reichetzeder | B. Hocher | C. Pisinger | K. Schraut | M. Zafarmand | R. Richmond | S. Metrustry | Sílvia Bonàs-Guarch | F. Sánchez | H. Niinikoski | N. Zuydam | C. E. V. van Beijsterveldt | N. Pitkänen | S. Barton | V. Huikari | J. Marsh | K. Pahkala | H. D. de Haan | M. Kooijman | C. Laurin | C. E. Fonvig | C. Trier | J. Borja | C. Allard | A. Espinosa | L. Bouchard | Shikta Das | Jani Heikkinen | L. Santa-Marina | Jing Hua Zhao | J. Eriksson | T. Schnurr | C. S. Morgen | A. Eloranta | M. Vaudel | J. Tyrrell | Z. Qiao | Gunn-Helen Øiseth Moen | G. Moen | O. Raitakari | G. D. Smith | Katharina E. Schraut | B. Jacobsson | K. Gaulton | C. Fonvig | S. Jones | Barbera D. C. Schaik | Po-ru Loh | P. Marques-Vidal | Catharina E. M. van Beijsterveldt | Thorkild I. A. Sørensen | D. Lawlor | Joachim Heinrich | Marjolein N. Kooijman | M. Murcia | Andrew P Morris | Zhen Qiao | M. Kähönen | J. Eriksson | A. Uitterlinden | R. Scott | David M. Evans | A. Kampen | A. Hofman | J. Perry | D. Boomsma | Ying Wu | R. Scott | Elina Hyppönen | M. McCarthy | H. G. D. Haan | Ana Espinosa | R. Scott | Ying Wu | T. Hansen | F. Sánchez | Olli T. Raitakari | M. McCarthy | Ronny Myhre | T. I. Sørensen | Catherine Allard | Charles Laurin | Friman Sánchez | A. Murray | Aino-Maija Eloranta | Ruifang Li-Gao | S. Bonàs-Guarch

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