Corresponding authors:
Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, MD, Institute of Applied Health Research,
Public Health Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham,
B15 2TT, United Kingdom,k.nirantharan@bham.ac.uk, +44 (0)121 414 8344
Xiu Qiu, MD, Division of Birth Cohort Study, Guangzhou Women and
Children’s Medical Centre, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou,
China, 510500, China, qxiu0161@163.com, +86 (0)203 836 7162
Running title: Maternal metabolism & neonatal
birthweight/insulin
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