Gender-specific associations of pregnancy-related anxiety with placental epigenetic patterning of glucocorticoid response genes and preschooler's emotional symptoms and hyperactivity

• Main Authors: Hui Liu (Author), Yuwei Liu (Author), Kun Huang (Author), Shuangqin Yan (Author), Jiahu Hao (Author), Peng Zhu (Author), Fangbiao Tao (Author), Shanshan Shao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Backgroud We have recently reported that maternal prenatal pregnancy-related anxiety predicts preschoolers' emotional and behavioral development in a gender-dependent manner. This study aims to test for this gender-specific effect in a different cohort and investigate whether the gende...