Some genes implicated by the top 300 SNPs from maternal GWAS in labor-initiated deliveries could be comfortably assigned to these processes: infection/inflammation (NFKB1, TLR4, IRF8, ABCA1, TREML2, MEFV, WNT5A, NFKBIA), placental insufficiency (ENG, TOR2A, IGF2, KCNQ3, GNB3, LEFTY2, ARHGEF11, WNT4, WNT5A), cervical insufficiency (MMP9, TIMP2), and hormonal imbalance (WNT4, OPRM1, SP3). Here, KCNQ3 is linked to placental insufficiency.