Collider bias from selecting disease samples distorts causal inferences

Gibran Hemani; Kate M Tilling; George Davey Smith

doi:10.1002/gepi.22443

Collider bias from selecting disease samples distorts causal inferences

Gibran Hemani^*, Kate M Tilling, George Davey Smith

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	213-215
Number of pages	3
Journal	Genetic Epidemiology
Volume	46
Issue number	3-4
Early online date	7 Feb 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/gepi.22443
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 7 Feb 2022

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Funding Information:
Gibran Hemani is funded by the Wellcome Trust and Royal Society [208806/Z/17/Z]. Kate Tilling and George Davey Smith work in the Integrative Epidemiology Unit which receives funding from the U.K. Medical Research Council and the University of Bristol (MC_UU_00011/3 and MC_UU_00011/1).

Keywords

causal inference
Mendelian randomisation
sample selection

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Rework of IEU 2 Tilling Programme
Tilling, K. M. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/18 → 31/03/23
Project: Research
IEU: MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit Quinquennial renewal
Gaunt, L. F. (Principal Investigator) & Davey Smith, G. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/18 → 31/03/23
Project: Research

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Collider bias from selecting disease samples distorts causal inferences

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Rework of IEU 2 Tilling Programme

IEU: MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit Quinquennial renewal

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