Authors: Middeldorp, Christel M.; Mahajan, Anubha; Horikoshi, Momoko; Robertson, Neil R.; Beaumont, Robin N.; Bradfield, Jonathan P.; Bustamante, Mariona; Cousminer, Diana L.; Day, Felix R.; De Silva, N. Maneka; Guxens, Monica; Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.; St Pourcain, Beate; Warrington, Nicole M.; Adair, Linda S.; Ahlqvist, Emma; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.; Almgren, Peter; Ang, Wei; Atalay, Mustafa; Auvinen, Juha; Bartels, Meike; Beckmann, Jacques S.; Bilbao, Jose Ramon; Bond, Tom; Borja, Judith B.; Cavadino, Alana; Charoen, Pimphen; Chen, Zhanghua; Coin, Lachlan; Cooper, Cyrus; Curtin, John A.; Custovic, Adnan; Das, Shikta; Davies, Gareth E.; Dedoussis, George V.; Duijts, Liesbeth; Eastwood, Peter R.; Eliasen, Anders U.; Elliott, Paul; Eriksson, Johan G.; Estivill, Xavier; Fadista, Joao; Fedko, Iryna O.; Frayling, Timothy M.; Gaillard, Romy; Gauderman, W. James; Geller, Frank; Gilliland, Frank; Gilsanz, Vincente; Granell, Raquel; Grarup, Niels; Groop, Leif; Hadley, Dexter; Hakonarson, Hakon; Hansen, Torben; Hartman, Catharina A.; Hattersley, Andrew T.; Hayes, M. Geoffrey; Hebebrand, Johannes; Heinrich, Joachim; Helgeland, Oyvind; Henders, Anjali K.; Henderson, John; Henriksen, Tine B.; Hirschhorn, Joel N.; Hivert, Marie-France; Hocher, Berthold; Holloway, John W.; Holt, Patrick; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Hypponen, Elina; Iniguez, Carmen; Johansson, Stefan; Jugessur, Astanand; Kahonen, Mika; Kalkwarf, Heidi J.; Kaprio, Jaakko; Karhunen, Ville; Kemp, John P.; Kerkhof, Marjan; Koppelman, Gerard H.; Korner, Antje; Kotecha, Sailesh; Kreiner-Moller, Eskil; Kulohoma, Benard; Kumar, Ashish; Kutalik, Zoltan; Lahti, Jari; Lappe, Joan M.; Larsson, Henrik; Lehtimaki, Terho; Lewin, Alexandra M.; Li, Jin; Lichtenstein, Paul; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Lindi, Virpi; Linneberg, Allan; Liu, Xueping; Liu, Jun; Lowe, William L., Jr.; Lundstrom, Sebastian; Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka; Ma, Ronald C. W.; Mace, Aurelien; Magi, Reedik; Magnus, Per; Mamun, Abdullah A.; Mannikko, Minna; Martin, Nicholas G.; Mbarek, Hamdi; McCarthy, Nina S.; Medland, Sarah E.; Melbye, Mads; Melen, Erik; Mohlke, Karen L.; Monnereau, Claire; Morgen, Camilla S.; Morris, Andrew P.; Murray, Jeffrey C.; Myhre, Ronny; Najman, Jackob M.; Nivard, Michel G.; Nohr, Ellen A.; Nolte, Ilja M.; Ntalla, Ioanna; O'Reilly, Paul; Oberfield, Sharon E.; Oken, Emily; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Pahkala, Katja; Palviainen, Teemu; Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope; Pedersen, Oluf; Pennell, Craig E.; Pershagen, Goran; Pitkanen, Niina; Plomin, Robert; Power, Christine; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Prokopenko, Inga; Pulkkinen, Lea; Raikkonen, Katri; Raitakari, Olli T.; Reynolds, Rebecca M.; Richmond, Rebecca C.; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Rodriguez, Alina; Rose, Richard J.; Salem, Rany; Santa-Marina, Loreto; Saw, Seang-Mei; Schnurr, Theresia M.; Scott, James G.; Selzam, Saskia; Shepherd, John A.; Simpson, Angela; Skotte, Line; Sleiman, Patrick M. A.; Snieder, Harold; Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.; Standl, Marie; Steegers, Eric A. P.; Strachan, David P.; Straker, Leon; Strandberg, Timo; Taylor, Michelle; Teo, Yik-Ying; Thiering, Elisabeth; Torrent, Maties; Tyrrell, Jessica; Uitterlinden, Andre G.; van Beijsterveldt, Toos; van der Most, Peter J.; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Viikari, Jorma; Vilor-Tejedor, Natalia; Vogelezang, Suzanne; Vonk, Judith M.; Vrijkotte, Tanja G. M.; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Wang, Carol A.; Watkins, William J.; Wichmann, H-Erich; Willemsen, Gonneke; Williams, Gail M.; Wilson, James F.; Wray, Naomi R.; Xu, Shujing; Xu, Cheng-Jian; Yaghootkar, Hanieh; Yi, Lu; Zafarmand, Mohammad Hadi; Zeggini, Eleftheria; Zemel, Babette S.; Hinney, Anke; Lakka, Timo A.; Whitehouse, Andrew J. O.; Sunyer, Jordi; Widen, Elisabeth E.; Feenstra, Bjarke; Sebert, Sylvain; Jacobsson, Bo; Njolstad, Pal R.; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Smith, George Davey; Lawlor, Debbie A.; Paternoster, Lavinia; Timpson, Nicholas J.; Ong, Ken K.; Bisgaard, Hans; Bonnelykke, Klaus; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Tiemeier, Henning; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Evans, David M.; Perry, John R. B.; Grant, Struan F. A.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Freathy, Rachel M.; McCarthy, Mark I.; Felix, Janine F.; Sorensen, Thorkild I. A.; Tiemeier, Hen-Ning

Venue: European Journal of Epidemiology

Type: Publication

Abstract: The impact of many unfavorable childhood traits or diseases, such as low birth weight and mental disorders, is not limited to childhood and adolescence, as they are also associated with poor outcomes in adulthood, such as cardiovascular disease. Insight into the genetic etiology of childhood and adolescent traits and disorders may therefore provide new perspectives, not only on how to improve wellbeing during childhood, but also how to prevent later adverse outcomes. To achieve the sample sizes required for genetic research, the Early Growth Ge... (read more)

DOI: 10.1007/s10654-019-00502-9