Use of allele scores as instrumental variables for Mendelian randomization

Background An allele score is a single variable summarizing multiple genetic variants associated with a risk factor. It is calculated as the total number of risk factor-increasing alleles for an individual (unweighted score), or the sum of weights for each allele corresponding to estimated genetic e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Burgess, Stephen, Thompson, Simon G
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3780999/