Are Mendelian randomization investigations immune from bias due to reverse causation?

Eur J Epidemiol. 2021 Mar;36(3):253-257. doi: 10.1007/s10654-021-00726-8. Epub 2021 Feb 21.

Authors

Stephen Burgess^{1

2}, Sonja A Swanson³, Jeremy A Labrecque³

Affiliations

¹ MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. sb452@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
² Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. sb452@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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MeSH terms

Bias*
Causality*
Genetic Variation
Humans
Mendelian Randomization Analysis*

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