Maternal Testosterone and Offspring Birth Weight: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

Bing-Kun ZhengXue-Yi SunJie XianPeng-Peng Niu

Published in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2022)

This two-sample MR study showed genetically determined higher circulating testosterone levels in females from the general population were associated with low birth weight of offspring and increased risk of preterm delivery.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
birth weight
gestational age
preterm infants
preterm birth
human milk
high fat diet
magnetic resonance
type diabetes
magnetic resonance imaging
metabolic syndrome
computed tomography
body mass index
adipose tissue
contrast enhanced
weight loss