Efficient design for mendelian randomization studies: Subsample and 2-sample instrumental variable estimators

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1177-1184

  Pierce, Brandon L ^a   Burgess, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiologic methods; instrumental variable; Mendelian randomization

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HERITABILITY;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CALCULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EFFECT SIZE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROCEDURES; SAMPLE SIZE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84884973036     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt084     Document Type: Article

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