The role of genes in normal birth-weight variation is poorly understood, and it has been
suggested that the genetic component of fetal growth is small. Type 2 diabetes genes may …

Background: Maternal hypothyroidism and/or hypothyroxinemia have been associated with
child's poor neuropsychological development, but the results have been inconsistent …

Background It has been suggested that there is a link between fetal growth and chronic
diseases later in life. Several studies have shown a negative association between …

Background Externalizing symptoms are associated with risk of future substance use
disorder (SUD). Few longitudinal studies exist using general population‐based samples …

Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with low birth weight. Common variation
at rs1051730 is robustly associated with smoking quantity and was recently shown to …

When adolescents with ADHD enter adulthood, some no longer meet disorder diagnostic
criteria but it is unknown if biological and cognitive abnorma lities persist. We tested the …

Background Preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality and is
associated with adverse developmental and long-term health outcomes, including several …

Background It remains unclear whether maternal hypertensive disorders could impact
cognitive development of the child. The aim of this study was to explore the association …

Individual-level maternal risk factors have been able to explain only a small proportion of
low birth weight (LBW) births in the US to date and neighborhood-level factors have not …

Background Heavy alcohol and cannabis use during adolescence have been previously
described as risk factors not only for morbidity in adulthood, but also social problems …