Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Mendelian randomization analysis using mixture models for robust and efficient estimation of causal effects

  • Guanghao Qi,
  • Nilanjan Chatterjee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09432-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Mendelian randomization (MR) is a powerful and widely used method for causal inference leveraging genetic information. Here, the authors develop MRMix, an MR method using mixture models for more robust and efficient estimation of causal effects.