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Re:“Health benefits” of moderate drinking disappear when con... by rb2k_ on Saturday February 04, 2017 @11:49AM (#13567629)
Isn't Mendelian Randomization prone to pleiotropy? I've never understood how people can control for that without a complete understanding of the genome.
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Re:“Health benefits” of moderate drinking disappear when con... by carbocation on Saturday February 04, 2017 @04:12PM (#13569085)
Yes, MR is prone to biased estimates due to pleiotropy. Attempting to unbias the estimators is a relatively hot topic right now.
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Re:“Health benefits” of moderate drinking disappear when con... by bhalperin on Saturday February 04, 2017 @01:21PM (#13568149)
Do you know any good overviews of Mendelian randomization?
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Re:“Health benefits” of moderate drinking disappear when con... by rb2k_ on Saturday February 04, 2017 @01:56PM (#13568367)
I'm afraid not, my knowledge is all 2nd hand (wife is scientist) :)
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