Instrumental variable analysis with a nonlinear exposure-outcome relationship

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 877-885

  Burgess, Stephen ^a   Davies, Neil M ^b   Thompson, Simon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84927727976     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000161     Document Type: Article

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