Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but
genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals 1. …

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 …

Background Despite evidence that genetic factors contribute to the duration of gestation and
the risk of preterm birth, robust associations with genetic variants have not been identified. …

Background Pregnant women consume caffeine daily. The aim of this study was to examine
the association between maternal caffeine intake from different sources and (a) gestational …

Background Observational epidemiological studies indicate that maternal height is associated
with gestational age at birth and fetal growth measures (ie, shorter mothers deliver infants …

Objective The aims of this study were to elucidate the influence of common genetic variants
on childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, to identify genetic …

The genetic background of childhood body mass index (BMI), and the extent to which the
well-known associations of childhood BMI with adult diseases are explained by shared genetic …

The timing of parturition is crucial for neonatal survival and infant health. Yet, its genetic
basis remains largely unresolved. We present a maternal genome-wide meta-analysis of …

Miscarriage is a common, complex trait affecting ~15% of clinically confirmed pregnancies.
Here we present the results of large-scale genetic association analyses with 69,054 cases …

Infant and childhood growth are dynamic processes with large changes in BMI during
development. By performing genome-wide association studies of BMI at 12 time points from birth …