Identifying maternal and fetal genetic determinants of infant birthweight and their relationship to offspring cardiometabolic risk

出生时体重过轻的儿童在以后的生活中患糖尿病和高血压等疾病的风险增加。该项目旨在进行世界上最大的出生体重遗传研究，确定影响出生体重的基因是否来自母亲或后代基因组的影响，然后利用这些信息调查出生体重与未来糖尿病和高血压等疾病风险之间的关系。

Children who are born of low birthweight are at increased risk of diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure in later life. This project aims to perform the world’s largest genetic study of birthweight, determine whether the genes that affect birthweight arise from the influence of the mother’s or offspring genome, and then use this information to investigate the relationship between birthweight and future risk of diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure.