Genetic studies of birth weight give biological insights into links with adult disease

Momoko Horikoshi, Robin N Beaumont, Felix R Day, Nicole M Warrington, Marjolein N Kooijman, Juan Fernandez-Tajes, Bjarke Feenstra, Natalie R van Zuydam, Kyle J Gaulton, Niels Grarup, Jonathan P Bradfield, David P Strachan, Ruifang Li-Gao, Tarunveer S Ahluwalia, Eskil Kreiner-Møller, Rico Rueedi, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Diana L Cousminer, Ying Wu, Elisabeth Thiering, Carol A Wang, Christian T Have, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Natalia Vilor-Tejedor, Peter K Joshi, Eileen Tai Hui Boh, Ioanna Ntalla, Niina Pitkänen, Anubha Mahajan, Elisabeth M van Leeuwen, Raimo Joro, Vasiliki Lagou, Michael Nodzenski, Louise A Diver, Krina T Zondervan, Mariona Bustamante, Pedro MarquesVidal, Josep M Mercader, Amanda J Bennett, Nilufer Rahmioglu, Dale R Nyholt, Ronald Ching Wan Ma, Claudia Ha Ting Tam, Wing Hung Tam, CHARGE Consortium Hematology Working Group, Santhi K Ganesh, Frank JA van Rooij, Samuel E Jones, Po-Ru Loh, Katherine S Ruth, Marcus A Tuke, Jessica Tyrrell, Andrew R Wood, Hanieh Yaghootkar, Denise M Scholtens, Lavinia Paternoster, Inga Prokopenko, Peter Kovacs, Mustafa Atalay, Sara M Willems, Kalliope Panoutsopoulou, Xu Wang, Lisbeth Carstensen, Frank Geller, Katharina E Schraut, Mario Murcia, Catharina EM van Beijsterveldt, Gonneke Willemsen, Emil V R Appel, Cilius E Fonvig, Caecilie Trier, Carla MT Tiesler, Marie Standl, Zoltán Kutalik, Sílvia BonasGuarch, David M Hougaard, Friman Sánchez, David Torrents, Johannes Waage, Mads V Hollegaard, Hugoline G de Haan, Frits R Rosendaal, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Susan M Ring, Gibran Hemani, George McMahon, Neil R Robertson, Christopher J Groves, Claudia Langenberg, Jian'an Luan, Robert A Scott, Jing Hua Zhao, Frank D Mentch, Scott M MacKenzie, Rebecca M Reynolds, William L Lowe Jr, Anke Tönjes, Michael Stumvoll, Virpi Lindi, Timo A Lakka, Cornelia M van Duijn, Wieland Kiess, Antje Körner, Thorkild IA Sørensen, Harri Niinikoski, Katja Pahkala, Olli T Raitakari, Eleftheria Zeggini, George V Dedoussis, Yik-Ying Teo, Seang-Mei Saw, Mads Melbye, Harry Campbell, James F Wilson, Martine Vrijheid, Eco JCN de Geus, Dorret I Boomsma, Haja N Kadarmideen, JensChristian Holm, Torben Hansen, Sylvain Sebert, Andrew T Hattersley, Lawrence J Beilin, John P Newnham, Craig E Pennell, Joachim Heinrich, Linda S Adair, Judith B Borja, Karen L Mohlke, Johan G Eriksson, Elisabeth E Widén, Mika Kähönen, Jorma S Viikari, Terho Lehtimäki, Peter Vollenweider, Klaus Bønnelykke, Hans Bisgaard, Dennis O MookKanamori, Albert Hofman, Fernando Rivadeneira, André G Uitterlinden, Charlotta Pisinger, Oluf Pedersen, Christine Power, Elina Hyppönen, Nicholas J Wareham, Hakon Hakonarson, Eleanor Davies, Brian R Walker, Vincent WV Jaddoe, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Struan FA Grant, Allan A Vaag, Debbie A Lawlor, Timothy M Frayling, George Davey Smith, Andrew P Morris, Ken K Ong, Janine F Felix, Nicholas J Timpson, John RB Perry, David M Evans, Mark I McCarthy, Rachel M Freathy, on behalf of the Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium