Orienting the causal relationship between imprecisely measured traits using GWAS summary data

Inference about the causal structure that induces correlations between two traits can be achieved by combining genetic associations with a mediation-based approach, as is done in the causal inference test (CIT). However, we show that measurement error in the phenotypes can lead to the CIT inferring...

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Published in:PLoS genetics Vol. 13; no. 11; p. e1007081
Main Authors: Hemani, Gibran, Tilling, Kate, Davey Smith, George
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Public Library of Science 17.11.2017
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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ISSN:1553-7404, 1553-7390, 1553-7404
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