Reading Mendelian randomisation studies: a guide, glossary, and checklist for clinicians
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- 12 July 2018
- Vol. 362, k601
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k601
Abstract
Mendelian randomisation uses genetic variation as a natural experiment to investigate the causal relations between potentially modifiable risk factors and health outcomes in observational data. As with all epidemiological approaches, findings from Mendelian randomisation studies depend on specific assumptions. We provide explanations of the information typically reported in Mendelian randomisation studies that can be used to assess the plausibility of these assumptions and guidance on how to interpret findings from Mendelian randomisation studies in the context of other sources of evidenceThis publication has 82 references indexed in Scilit:
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