Prenatal famine exposure restricts genetic effects on birth weight with implications for metabolic disease risk
Prenatal exposure to famine during mid-to-late gestation overrides genetic influences on birth weight and modifies the relationships that are observed between birth weight and metabolic risk factors in later life.
Authors
- Daniel W. Belsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5463-2212)
- Thomas B. Kuipers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5373-6765)
- Tian Wang
- Dalton C. Conley
- Karlijn van den Kieboom
- M. Jazmin Taeubert
- Bastiaan T. Heijmans
- Chihua Li
- Jiayi Zhou
- Shuang Wang
- L. H. Lumey
Institutions
- Princeton University (US)
- University of Macau (MO)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01495-9
- Primary Topic
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health