Birth Weight and Stroke in Adult Life: Genetic Correlation and Causal Inference With Genome-Wide Association Data Sets

ObjectivePrior studies have shown that there is an inverse association between birth weight and stroke in adulthood; however, whether such association is causal remains yet known and those studies cannot distinguish between the direct fetal effect and the indirect maternal effect. The aim of the stu...

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Main Authors: Ting Wang, Zaixiang Tang, Xinghao Yu, Yixing Gao, Fengjun Guan, Chengzong Li, Shuiping Huang, Junnian Zheng, Ping Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2020.00479/full