Researcher profile
George Davey Smith
2 papers in the PaperMetrix corpus
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Papers by this author
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The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome
2018 · eLife
Results from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) can be used to infer causal relationships between phenotypes, using a strategy known as 2-sample Mendelian randomization (2SMR) and bypassing the need for individual-level data. However, 2SMR methods are …
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Mendelian randomization with invalid instruments: effect estimation and bias detection through Egger regression
2015 · International Journal of Epidemiology
BACKGROUND: The number of Mendelian randomization analyses including large numbers of genetic variants is rapidly increasing. This is due to the proliferation of genome-wide association studies, and the desire to obtain more precise estimates of …