Prenatal risk factors and neonatal DNA methylation in very preterm infants.

Marie CamerotaStefan GrawTodd M EversonElisabeth C McGowanJulie A HofheimerT Michael O'SheaBrian S CarterJennifer B HeldermanJennifer CheckCharles R NealSteven L PastyrnakLynne M SmithLynne M DansereauSheri A DellaGrottaCarmen J MarsitBarry M Lester

Published in: Clinical epigenetics (2021)

We observed associations between prenatal risk factors and DNAm in very preterm infants using both person-centered and cumulative risk approaches. Epigenetics offers a potential biological indicator of prenatal risk exposure.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
risk factors
pregnant women
dna methylation
low birth weight
gene expression
genome wide
risk assessment
human health
copy number
breast cancer risk