Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Borges, Maria Carolina"

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    • Causal effects of maternal circulating amino acids on offspring birthweight: a Mendelian randomisation study 

      Zhao, Jian; Stewart, Isobel D.; Baird, Denis; Mason, Dan; Wright, John; Zheng, Jie; Gaunt, Tom R.; Evans, David M.; Freathy, Rachel M.; Langenberg, Claudia; Warrington, Nicole Maree; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Borges, Maria Carolina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Amino acids are key to protein synthesis, energy metabolism, cell signaling and gene expression; however, the contribution of specific maternal amino acids to fetal growth is unclear. Methods We explored the ...

    • Mendelian randomization study of maternal coffee consumption and its influence on birthweight, stillbirth, miscarriage, gestational age and pre-term birth 

      Brito Nunes, Caroline; Huang, Peiyuan; Wang, Geng; Lundberg, Mischa; D'Urso, Shannon; Wootton, Robyn E; Borges, Maria Carolina; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Warrington, Nicole Maree; Evans, David M.; Hwang, Liang-Dar; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Coffee consumption has been associated with several adverse pregnancy outcomes, although data from randomized–controlled trials are lacking. We investigate whether there is a causal relationship between coffee ...

    • Trans-ethnic Mendelian-randomization study reveals causal relationships between cardiometabolic factors and chronic kidney disease 

      Zheng, Jie; Zhang, Yuemiao; Rasheed, Humaira; Walker, Venexia M.; Sugawara, Yuka; Li, Jiachen; Leng, Yue; Elsworth, Benjamin; Wootton, Robyn E.; Fang, Si; Yang, Qian; Burgess, Stephen; Haycock, Philip C.; Borges, Maria Carolina; Carnegie, Rebecca; Cho, Yoonsu; Howell, Amy; Robinson, Jamie; Thomas, Laurent; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Hveem, Kristian; Hallan, Stein; Franceschini, Nora; Morris, Andrew P.; Köttgen, Anna; Pattaro, Cristian; Wuttke, Matthias; Yamamoto, Masayuki; Kashihara, Naoki; Akiyama, Masato; Kanai, Masahiro; Matsuda, Koichi; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Okada, Yukinori; Walters, Robin; Millwood, Iona Y.; Chen, Zhengming; Smith, George Davey; Barbour, Sean; Yu, Canqing; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Zhang, Hong; Gaunt, Tom R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: This study was to systematically test whether previously reported risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD) are causally related to CKD in European and East Asian ancestries using Mendelian randomization. ...