Mendelian randomization

E Sanderson, MM Glymour, MV Holmes… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Mendelian randomization (MR) is a term that applies to the use of genetic variation to
address causal questions about how modifiable exposures influence different outcomes …

Mendelian randomization: concepts and scope

RC Richmond, GD Smith - Cold Spring …, 2022 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Mendelian randomization (MR) is a method of studying the causal effects of modifiable
exposures (ie, potential risk factors) on health, social, and economic outcomes using genetic …

An epidermal patch for the simultaneous monitoring of haemodynamic and metabolic biomarkers

JR Sempionatto, M Lin, L Yin, E De La Paz… - Nature Biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
Monitoring the effects of daily activities on the physiological responses of the body calls for
wearable devices that can simultaneously track metabolic and haemodynamic parameters …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations: update for summer 2023

S Burgess, GD Smith, NM Davies… - Wellcome open …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This paper provides guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations. It is
aimed at practitioners seeking to undertake analyses and write up their findings, and at …

Resistant hypertension: detection, evaluation, and management: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

RM Carey, DA Calhoun, GL Bakris, RD Brook… - …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Resistant hypertension (RH) is defined as above-goal elevated blood pressure (BP) in a
patient despite the concurrent use of 3 antihypertensive drug classes, commonly including a …

Reading Mendelian randomisation studies: a guide, glossary, and checklist for clinicians

NM Davies, MV Holmes, GD Smith - bmj, 2018 - bmj.com
Mendelian randomisation uses genetic variation as a natural experiment to investigate the
causal relations between potentially modifiable risk factors and health outcomes in …

Multivariable Mendelian randomization and mediation

E Sanderson - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2021 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Mendelian randomization (MR) is the use of genetic variants associated with an exposure to
estimate the causal effect of that exposure on an outcome. Mediation analysis is the method …

Evaluating the potential role of pleiotropy in Mendelian randomization studies

G Hemani, J Bowden… - Human molecular …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Pleiotropy, the phenomenon of a single genetic variant influencing multiple traits, is likely
widespread in the human genome. If pleiotropy arises because the single nucleotide …

[HTML][HTML] Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies

AM Wood, S Kaptoge, AS Butterworth, P Willeit… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across
different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990 …

GBD 2015 Risk Factors Collaborators - Lancet (London, England …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 provides
an up-to-date synthesis of the evidence for risk factor exposure and the attributable burden …