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Maternal haemoglobin levels in pregnancy and child DNA methylation: a study in the pregnancy and childhood epigenetics consortium

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Ronkainen, J and Heiskala, A and Vehmeijer, FOL and Lowry, E and Caramaschi, D and Estrada Gutierrez, G and Heiss, JA and Hummel, N and Keikkala, E and Kvist, T and Kupsco, A and Melton, PE and Pesce, G and Soomro, MH and Vives-Usano, M and Baiz, N and Binder, E and Czamara, D and Guxens, M and Mustaniemi, S and London, SJ and Rauschert, S and Vaarasmak, M and Vrijheid, M and Ziegler, A-G and Annesi-Maesano, I and Bustamante, M and Huang, R-C and Hummel, S and Just, AC and Kajantie, E and Lahti, J and Lawlor, D and Raikkonen, K and Jarvelin, M-R and Felix, JF and Sebert, S, Maternal haemoglobin levels in pregnancy and child DNA methylation: a study in the pregnancy and childhood epigenetics consortium, Epigenetics pp. 1-13. ISSN 1559-2294 (2021) [Refereed Article]


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DOI: doi:10.1080/15592294.2020.1864171

Abstract

Altered maternal haemoglobin levels during pregnancy are associated with pre-clinical and clinical conditions affecting the fetus. Evidence from animal models suggests that these associations may be partially explained by differential DNA methylation in the newborn with possible long-term consequences. To test this in humans, we meta-analyzed the epigenome-wide associations of maternal haemoglobin levels during pregnancy with offspring DNA methylation in 3,967 newborn cord blood and 1,534 children and 1,962 adolescent whole-blood samples derived from 10 cohorts. DNA methylation was measured using Illumina Infinium Methylation 450K or MethylationEPIC arrays covering 450,000 and 850,000 methylation sites, respectively. There was no statistical support for the association of maternal haemoglobin levels with offspring DNA methylation either at individual methylation sites or clustered in regions. For most participants, maternal haemoglobin levels were within the normal range in the current study, whereas adverse perinatal outcomes often arise at the extremes. Thus, this study does not rule out the possibility that associations with offspring DNA methylation might be seen in studies with more extreme maternal haemoglobin levels.

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Item Type:Refereed Article
Keywords:DNA methylation, maternal haemoglobin, developmental programming, pregnancy
Research Division:Biological Sciences
Research Group:Genetics
Research Field:Epigenetics (incl. genome methylation and epigenomics)
Objective Division:Health
Objective Group:Evaluation of health and support services
Objective Field:Determinants of health
UTAS Author:Melton, PE (Dr Phillip Melton)
ID Code:144730
Year Published:2021
Web of Science® Times Cited:1
Deposited By:Menzies Institute for Medical Research
Deposited On:2021-06-07
Last Modified:2021-09-02
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