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An approach to estimate bidirectional mediation effects with application to body mass index and fasting glucose.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Nov 2018
Talluri Rajesh, Shete Sanjay
Abstract excerpt
Obesity and type 2 diabetes are major public health issues with known interdependence. Genetic variants have been associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes, or both; thus, we hypothesize that some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with both conditions may be mediated through obesity to affect type 2 diabetes or vice versa. We propose a framework for bidirectional mediation analyses. Simulations...
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