Using multiple genetic variants as instrumental variables for modifiable risk factors

DOI10.1177/0962280210394459zbMath1242.62121OpenAlexW2151096860WikidataQ41931960 ScholiaQ41931960MaRDI QIDQ2894105

Tom M. Palmer, Deborah A. Lawlor, Nuala A. Sheehan, Roger M. Harbord, Nicholas J. Timpson, Jon H Tobias, Jonathan A. C. Sterne, George Davey Smith

Publication date: 28 June 2012

Published in: Statistical Methods in Medical Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0962280210394459

zbMATH Keywords

geneticsepidemiologyinstrumental variablescausal inferenceMendelian randomisationeconometrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Genetics and epigenetics (92D10)

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Uses Software

• Stata
• ivreg2

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