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Area of Science:

  • Reproductive endocrinology and genetics.
  • Maternal-fetal medicine and developmental origins of health and disease.

Background:

  • Maternal androgen levels are inversely associated with offspring birth weight.
  • Understanding the causal link between maternal testosterone and pregnancy outcomes is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the causal effect of maternal testosterone levels on offspring birth weight.
  • To examine the association between maternal testosterone and preterm delivery risk.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) approach.
  • Employed genetic instruments from large-scale genome-wide association studies (UK Biobank, FinnGen).
  • Analyzed summary-level data for birth weight and preterm delivery.

Main Results:

  • Increased maternal testosterone levels were associated with reduced offspring birth weight (37.26 g per SD increase).
  • Higher maternal testosterone levels correlated with an increased risk of preterm delivery (OR 1.329).
  • Results were consistent across different MR analyses.

Conclusions:

  • Genetically determined higher maternal testosterone in the general population is causally linked to lower offspring birth weight.
  • Higher maternal testosterone levels are associated with an increased risk of preterm delivery.