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Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity, offspring cord blood DNA methylation, and offspring cardiometabolic health in early childhood: an epigenome-wide association study

Chantel L. Martina Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Dereje Jimab Center of Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA;c Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USAView further author information
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Gemma C. Sharpd Medical Research Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol Medical School, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2906-4035View further author information
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Lauren E. McCulloughe Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USAView further author information
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Sarah S. Parkf Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USAView further author information
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Kymberly M. Gowdyg Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USAView further author information
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Bernard Fuemmelerh Department of Health Behavior and Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USAView further author information
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David Collieri Department of Pediatrics, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3323-1900View further author information
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Susan K. Murphyj Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8298-7272View further author information
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Pages 325-340 | Received 28 Aug 2018, Accepted 28 Jan 2019, Published online: 26 Mar 2019

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