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Estimation of bias in nongenetic observational studies using "mendelian triangulation".
Annals of epidemiology - 1 Sept 2006
Bautista Leonelo E, Smeeth Liam, Hingorani Aroon D, Casas Juan P
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Phenotype-disease odds ratios calculated from the effect of a genotype on its phenotype and on disease risk ("Mendelian triangulation") can be used as a standard to assess bias on the corresponding odds ratio from nongenetic studies. Statistical tests are commonly used to compare these odds ratios. We propose a method to estimate the magnitude of the bias and judge the validity of the phenotype-disease...
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