Credible Mendelian Randomization Studies: Approaches for Evaluating the Instrumental Variable Assumptions

Examining Overweight and Obesity as Risk Factors for Common Mental Disorders Using Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated (FTO) Genotype-Instrumented Analysis: The Whitehall II Study, 1985-2004

(2011) M. Kivimaki et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Random Allocation in Observational Data

(2011) George Davey Smith   EPIDEMIOLOGY

Using genetic loci to understand the relationship between adiposity and psychological distress: a Mendelian Randomization study in the Copenhagen General Population Study of 53 221 adults

(2011) Debbie A. Lawlor et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Power and instrument strength requirements for Mendelian randomization studies using multiple genetic variants

(2010) Brandon L Pierce et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Assumptions of IV Methods for Observational Epidemiology

(2010) Vanessa Didelez et al.   STATISTICAL SCIENCE

Does Greater Adiposity Increase Blood Pressure and Hypertension Risk?

(2009) Nicholas J. Timpson et al.   HYPERTENSION

Biomarkers and Cardiovascular Disease

(2009) Svati H. Shah et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

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

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

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

Mendelian Randomisation and Causal Inference in Observational Epidemiology

(2008) Nuala A Sheehan et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Alcohol Intake and Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review Implementing a Mendelian Randomization Approach

(2008) Lina Chen 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