Maternal overweight but not paternal overweight before pregnancy is associated with shorter newborn telomere length: evidence from Guangxi Zhuang birth cohort in China

• Main Authors: Bincai Wei (Author), Yantao Shao (Author), Jun Liang (Author), Peng Tang (Author), Meile Mo (Author), Bihu Liu (Author), Huishen Huang (Author), Hui Juan Jennifer Tan (Author), Dongping Huang (Author), Shun Liu (Author), Xiaoqiang Qiu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Telomere length (TL) is variable at birth and is inversely associated with body mass index (BMI) in adulthood. A growing number of evidences suggested that a higher maternal pre-pregnancy BMI results in adverse offspring health outcomes, especially shorter newborn TL. However, a...