Bayesian methods for instrumental variable analysis with genetic instruments (‘Mendelian randomization’): example with urate transporter SLC2A9 as an instrumental variable for effect of urate levels on metabolic syndrome

Instrumental Variable Analysis for Estimation of Treatment Effects With Dichotomous Outcomes

(2008) J. A. Rassen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Genes for Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease: Serum Urate and Dyslipidemia

(2008) Chris Wallace et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Adjusting for bias and unmeasured confounding in Mendelian randomization studies with binary responses

(2008) Tom M Palmer et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

A variant associated with nicotine dependence, lung cancer and peripheral arterial disease

(2008) Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson et al.   NATURE

SLC2A9 is a newly identified urate transporter influencing serum urate concentration, urate excretion and gout

(2008) Veronique Vitart et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Uric Acid and Cardiovascular Risk

(2008) Daniel I. Feig et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

‘Mendelian randomization’ equals instrumental variable analysis with genetic instruments

(2008) George L. Wehby et al.   STATISTICS IN MEDICINE

Mendelian randomization: Using genes as instruments for making causal inferences in epidemiology

(2007) Debbie A. Lawlor et al.   STATISTICS IN MEDICINE