Early Growth Genetics Consortium 2016 birth weight GWAS: trans-ancestry

Summary statistics are available for download from the GWAS Catalog.

Publications

Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease.
Horikoshi M, et al.
Nature. 2016 Oct 13;538(7624):248-252. doi: 10.1038/nature19806. Epub 2016 Sep 28.
PMID: 27680694 

Phenotypes

• Fetal genetic effect on own birth weight

Experiment summary

This study was a trans-ancestry analysis of genetic associations for birth weight (fetal genetic effect on own birth weight) in 142,558 individuals.