Overlapping-sample Mendelian randomisation with multiple exposures: a Bayesian approach
Abstract Background Mendelian randomization (MR) has been widely applied to causal inference in medical research. It uses genetic variants as instrumental variables (IVs) to investigate putative causal relationship between an exposure and an outcome. Traditional MR methods have mainly focussed on a...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-12-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-01170-0 |