Caution against examining the role of reverse causality in Mendelian Randomization

Recently, Mendelian Randomization (MR) has gained in popularity as a concept to assess the causal relationship between phenotypes in genetic association studies. An extension of standard MR methodology, the MR Steiger approach, has recently been developed to infer the causal direction between two ph...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Genetic epidemiology Jg. 45; H. 5; S. 445 - 454
Hauptverfasser:	Lutz, Sharon M., Wu, Ann Chen, Hokanson, John E., Vansteelandt, Stijn, Lange, Christoph
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2021
Schlagworte:	causal direction Causality Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Lung diseases Mendelian Randomization Obstructive lung disease Phenotypes Pleiotropy Respiratory function reverse causality causal direction reverse causality Mendelian Randomization
ISSN:	0741-0395, 1098-2272, 1098-2272
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