• Birthweight of the subsequent singleton pregnancy following a first twin or singleton pregnancy 

      Basnet, Prativa; Skjaerven, Rolv; Harmon, Quaker E.; Wilcox, Allen J.; Klungsøyr, Kari; Sørbye, Linn Marie; Morken, Nils-Halvdan; Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Introduction Birthweight is an important pregnancy indicator strongly associated with infant, child, and later adult life health. Previous studies have found that second-born babies are, on average, heavier than first-born ...
    • A comparison of DNA methylation in newborn blood samples from infants with and without orofacial clefts 

      Xu, Zongli; Lie, Rolv T.; Wilcox, Allen J.; Saugstad, Ola Didrik; Taylor, Jack A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03-04)
      Background Isolated orofacial clefts are among the most common congenital birth defects. Although the underlying biological mechanisms remain largely unknown, clefts are thought to be complex disorders influenced by genetic, ...
    • Genome-wide analysis of parent-of-origin interaction effects with environmental exposure (PoOxE): An application to European and Asian cleft palate trios 

      Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Jugessur, Astanand; Gjerdevik, Miriam; Romanowska, Julia; Shi, Min; Beaty, Terri H.; Marazita, Mary L.; Murray, Jeffrey C.; Wilcox, Allen J.; Lie, Rolv T.; Gjessing, Håkon K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-12)
      Cleft palate only is a common birth defect with high heritability. Only a small fraction of this heritability is explained by the genetic variants identified so far, underscoring the need to investigate other disease ...
    • Growth in children conceived by ART 

      Magnus, Maria Christine; Wilcox, Allen J.; Fadum, Elin Anita; Gjessing, Håkon; Opdahl, Signe; Juliusson, Petur Benedikt; Romundstad, Liv Bente; Håberg, Siri Eldevik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      STUDY QUESTION Is the growth pattern of children conceived by ART different compared to naturally conceived children. SUMMARY ANSWER Both ART and underlying parental subfertility may contribute to differences in early ...
    • Maternal alcohol binge-drinking in the first trimester and the risk of orofacial clefts in offspring: a large population-based pooling study 

      deRoo, Lisa; Wilcox, Allen J.; Lie, Rolv T.; Romitti, Paul A.; Pedersen, Dorthe Almind; Munger, Ronald G.; Moreno Uribe, Lina M.; Wehby, George L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-10)
      Using individual participant data from six population-based case–control studies, we conducted pooled analyses to examine maternal alcohol consumption and the risk of clefts among >4600 infants with cleft lip only, cleft ...
    • Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in neonates reveals widespread differential DNA methylation associated with birthweight 

      Küpers, Leanne K.; Monnereau, Claire; Sharp, Gemma C.; Yousefi, Paul; Salas, Lucas A.; Ghantous, Akram; Page, Christian Magnus; Reese, Sarah E.; Wilcox, Allen J.; Czamara, Darina; Starling, Anne P.; Novoloaca, Alexei; Lent, Samantha; Roy, Ritu; Hoyo, Cathrine; Breton, Carrie V.; Allard, Catherine; Just, Allan C.; Bakulski, Kelly M.; Holloway, John W.; Everson, Todd M.; Xu, Cheng-Jian; Huang, Rae-Chi; van der Plaat, Diana A.; Wielscher, Matthias; Merid, Simon Kebede; Ullemar, Vilhelmina; Rezwan, Faisal I.; Lahti, Jari; van Dongen, Jenny; Langie, Sabine A.S.; Richardson, Tom G.; Magnus, Maria Christine; Nohr, Ellen A.; Xu, Zongli; Duijts, Liesbeth; Zhao, Shanshan; Zhang, Weiming; Plusquin, Michelle; DeMeo, Dawn L.; Solomon, Olivia; Heimovaara, Joosje H.; Jima, Dereje D.; Gao, Lu; Bustamante, Mariona; Perron, Patrice; Wright, Robert O.; Hertz-Picciotto, Irva; Zhang, Hongmei; Karagas, Margaret R.; Gehring, Ulrike; Marsit, Carmen J.; Beilin, Lawrence J.; Vonk, Judith M.; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Bergström, Anna; Örtqvist, Anne K.; Ewart, Susan; Villa, Pia M.; Moore, Sophie E.; Willemsen, Gonneke; Standaert, Arnout R.L.; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Sørensen, Thorkild I.A.; Taylor, Jack A.; Räikkönen, Katri; Yang, Ivana V.; Kechris, Katerina; Nawrot, Tim S.; Silver, Matt J.; Gong, Yun Yun; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Kogevinas, Manolis; Litonjua, Augusto A.; Eskenazi, Brenda; Huen, Karen; Mbarek, Hamdi; Maguire, Rachel L.; Dwyer, Terence; Vrijheid, Martine; Bouchard, Luigi; Baccarelli, Andrea A.; Croen, Lisa A.; Karmaus, Wilfried; Anderson, Denise; de Vries, Maaike; Sebert, Sylvain; Kere, Juha; Karlsson, Robert; Arshad, Syed Hasan; Hämäläinen, Esa; Routledge, Michael N.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Feinberg, Andrew P.; Newschaffer, Craig J.; Govarts, Eva; Moisse, Matthieu; Fallin, M. Daniele; Melén, Erik; Prentice, Andrew M.; Kajantie, Eero; Almqvist, Catarina; Oken, Emily; Dabelea, Dana; Boezen, H. Marike; Melton, Philip E.; Wright, Rosalind J.; Koppelman, Gerard H.; Trevisi, Letizia; Hivert, Marie-France; Sunyer, Jordi; Munthe-Kaas, Monica Cheng; Murphy, Susan K.; Corpeleijn, Eva; Wiemels, Joseph L.; Holland, Nina; Herceg, Zdenko; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Davey Smith, George; Jaddoe, Vincent V.W.; Lie, Rolv T.; Nystad, Wenche; London, Stephanie J.; Lawlor, Debbie A.; Relton, Caroline L.; Snieder, Harold; Felix, Janine F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-23)
      Birthweight is associated with health outcomes across the life course, DNA methylation may be an underlying mechanism. In this meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies of 8,825 neonates from 24 birth cohorts in ...
    • Parental education and the risk of cerebral palsy for children: an evaluation of causality 

      Forthun, Ingeborg; Lie, Rolv T.; Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine; Haugland Solheim, Magne; Moster, Dag; Wilcox, Allen J.; Mortensen, Laust; Tollånes, Mette Christophersen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Aim To explore whether increasing parental education has a causal effect on risk of cerebral palsy (CP) in the child, or whether unobserved confounding is a more likely explanation. Method We used data from Norwegian ...