A lifecourse mendelian randomization study highlights the long-term influence of childhood body size on later life heart structure

• Katie O’Nunain,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Chloe Park,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, Department of Population Science and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Helena Urquijo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol, United Kingdom, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU), Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Genevieve M. Leyden,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol, United Kingdom, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU), Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol, United Kingdom, Bristol Medical School: Translational Health Sciences, Dorothy Hodgkin Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Alun D. Hughes,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, Department of Population Science and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• George Davey Smith,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol, United Kingdom, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU), Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Tom G. Richardson

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Tom.G.Richardson@bristol.ac.uk

  Affiliations Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol, United Kingdom, MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU), Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol, United Kingdom, Novo Nordisk Research Centre, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-2040

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