Øyvind Helgeland

2023

Genetic effects on the timing of parturition and links to fetal birth weight.

Nature genetics ·doi:10.1038/s41588-023-01343-9

The timing of parturition is crucial for neonatal survival and infant health. Yet, its genetic basis remains largely unresolved. We present a maternal genome-wide meta-analysis of gestational duration (n = 195,555), identifying 22 associate…

2019

Variants in the fetal genome near pro-inflammatory cytokine genes on 2q13 associate with gestational duration.

Nature communications ·doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11881-8

The duration of pregnancy is influenced by fetal and maternal genetic and non-genetic factors. Here we report a fetal genome-wide association meta-analysis of gestational duration, and early preterm, preterm, and postterm birth in 84,689 in…

2018

Genome-wide association study reveals a dynamic role of common genetic variation in infant and early childhood growth

·doi:10.1101/478255

Infant and childhood growth are dynamic processes characterized by drastic changes in fat mass and body mass index (BMI) at distinct developmental stages. To elucidate how genetic variation influences these processes, we performed the first…