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MR-Egger regression: a standalone construct

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Epidemiology

method for Mendelian randomization whose intercept detects directional pleiotropy and whose slope estimates the causal effect allowing invalid instruments.

In epidemiology, MR-Egger regression refers to method for Mendelian randomization whose intercept detects directional pleiotropy and whose slope estimates the causal effect allowing invalid instruments. This meaning comes from Bowden (2015) in International Journal of Epidemiology.[1]

Unit
Recovery means
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References

Bowden, J., Davey Smith, G., & Burgess, S. (2015). Mendelian randomization with invalid instruments: effect estimation and bias detection through Egger regression. International Journal of Epidemiology, 44(2), 512-525. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyv080

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