EGG Consortium 2019 birth weight GWAS: trans-ancestry

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

Experiment summary

This study was a trans-ancestry meta-analysis of genetic associations for own birth weight in up to 297,356 individuals and offspring birth weight in 210,248 individuals.

Dataset ID
Warrington2019_BirthWeight_Mixed