pregnancy exposure and in adults from personal smoking. Whether a unique methylation
signature exists for in utero exposure in newborns is unknown. Materials & methods: We
separately meta-analyzed newborn blood DNA methylation (assessed using Illumina450k
Beadchip), in relation to sustained maternal smoking during pregnancy (9 cohorts, 5648
newborns, 897 exposed) and adult blood methylation and personal smoking (16 cohorts …