Expressive

rs11096402 - PLAC1

Magnitude 2.2 · 2 studies on file

Reported associations

  • Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors - Unknown journal (n.d.) · Unknown authors · PubMed 31043758

    ABSTRACT: Birth weight variation is influenced by fetal and maternal genetic and non-genetic factors, and has been reproducibly associated with future cardio-metabolic health outcomes. In expanded genome-wide association analyses of own birth weight (n=321,223) and offspring birth weight (n=230,069 mothers), we identified 190 independent association signals (129 novel). We used structural equation modelling to decompose the contributions of direct fetal and indirect maternal genetic effects, and then applied Mendelian randomization to illuminate causal pathways. For example, both indirect maternal and direct fetal genetic effects drive the observational relationship between lower birth weight and higher later blood pressure: maternal blood pressure-raising alleles reduce offspring birth we

  • Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease - Unknown journal (n.d.) · Unknown authors · PubMed 27680694

    ABSTRACT: Birth weight (BW) is influenced by both foetal and maternal factors and in observational studies is reproducibly associated with future risk of adult metabolic diseases including type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease. These lifecourse associations have often been attributed to the impact of an adverse early life environment. We performed a multi-ancestry genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis of BW in 153,781 individuals, identifying 60 loci where foetal genotype was associated with BW (P <5x10-8). Overall, ˜15% of variance in BW could be captured by assays of foetal genetic variation. Using genetic association alone, we found strong inverse genetic correlations between BW and systolic blood pressure (rg=-0.22, P =5.5x10-13), T2D (rg=-0.27, P =1.1x10-6) an

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