Summary statistics are available for download from the Early Growth Genetics Consortium website.
Publications
Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors.
Warrington NM, et al.
Nat Genet. 2019 May;51(5):804-814. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0403-1.
PMID: 31043758
Phenotypes
- Fetal genetic effect on own birth weight
- Maternal genetic effect on offspring birth weight
- Fetal genetic effect on own birth weight adj maternal genotype
- Maternal genetic effect on offspring birth weight adj fetal genotype
Experiment summary
This study was a meta-analysis of genetic associations for own birth weight in up to 297,356 individuals, offspring birth weight in 210,248 individuals, and maternal and fetal effects on birth weight in up to 406,063 individuals. All participants were of European ancestry.
Dataset ID
Warrington2019_BirthWeight_EU