Usefulness of Mendelian Randomization in Observational Epidemiology

Relation of Age-related Cataract With Obesity and Obesity Genes in an Asian Population

(2009) L. S. Lim et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Apolipoprotein E Genotype, Plasma Cholesterol, and Cancer: A Mendelian Randomization Study

(2009) S. Trompet et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 and Head and Neck Cancer: A Meta-analysis Implementing a Mendelian Randomization Approach

(2009) S. Boccia et al.   CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION

Circulating β-carotene levels and type 2 diabetes—cause or effect?

(2009) J. R. B. Perry et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Genetic evidence that raised sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes

(2009) John R.B. Perry et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Does Greater Adiposity Increase Blood Pressure and Hypertension Risk?

(2009) Nicholas J. Timpson et al.   HYPERTENSION

Obesity and cancer: Mendelian randomization approach utilizing the FTO genotype

(2009) P. Brennan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

The paraoxonase (PON1) Q192R polymorphism is not associated with poor health status or depression in the ELSA or INCHIANTI studies

(2009) N. E Rice et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Genetically Elevated Lipoprotein(a) and Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction

(2009) Pia R. Kamstrup   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Genetic Loci Associated With C-Reactive Protein Levels and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

(2009) Paul Elliott   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Association between C-Reactive Protein and Adiposity in Women

(2009) Murielle Bochud et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

RBP4variants are significantly associated with plasma RBP4 levels and hypertriglyceridemia risk in Chinese Hans

(2009) Ying Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF LIPID RESEARCH

Sex Hormone–Binding Globulin and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women and Men

(2009) Eric L. Ding et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The CoLaus study: a population-based study to investigate the epidemiology and genetic determinants of cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome

(2008) Mathieu Firmann et al.   BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Common Variation in the FTO Gene Alters Diabetes-Related Metabolic Traits to the Extent Expected Given Its Effect on BMI

(2008) R. M. Freathy et al.   DIABETES

Lifetime body mass index and later atherosclerosis risk in young adults: examining causal links using Mendelian randomization in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study

(2008) M. Kivimaki et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Systemic inflammation, genetic susceptibility and lung function

(2008) J. Sunyer et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

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

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

How Does Body Fat Influence Bone Mass in Childhood? A Mendelian Randomization Approach

(2008) Nicholas J Timpson et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

The Association of C-Reactive Protein and CRP Genotype with Coronary Heart Disease: Findings from Five Studies with 4,610 Cases amongst 18,637 Participants

(2008) Debbie A. Lawlor et al.   PLoS One

Lifelong Reduction of LDL-Cholesterol Related to a Common Variant in the LDL-Receptor Gene Decreases the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease—A Mendelian Randomisation Study

(2008) Patrick Linsel-Nitschke et al.   PLoS One

Does High C-reactive Protein Concentration Increase Atherosclerosis? The Whitehall II Study

(2008) Mika Kivimäki et al.   PLoS One

‘Mendelian randomization’ equals instrumental variable analysis with genetic instruments

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

Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, and Diabetes—Mendelian Randomization Using CRP Haplotypes Points Upstream

(2008) Eric J Brunner et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

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

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