Mendelian randomization (MR) is a term that applies to the use of genetic variation to
address causal questions about how modifiable exposures influence different outcomes. The …

… From this search, we (LX and CMS) discarded any studies both agreed were irrelevant
based on title or abstract and read the remaining. We did a bibliographic search of the selected …

… The reviewers (CMS and SLAY) independently used an established tool to evaluate the
quality of each trial [24], and a sensitivity analysis was done excluding the lower quality trials. …

… More women (51.1%) than men (22.5%) were centrally obese (waist circumference ≥ 90
cm for men, or ≥80 cm for women), although there was less difference in general obesity (…

Background In older people, it is unclear whether obesity relates to mortality, which calls into
question its etiologic role in disease and its public health relevance. This apparent lack of …

Mendelian randomization, which is instrumental variable analysis using genetic variants as
instruments, is an increasingly popular method of making causal inferences from …

Background Evidence for the link between long-term air pollution exposure and occurrence
of diabetes is limited and the results are mixed. Objectives We aimed to assess the …

… This programme lasted 2 years, and included a press conference, a television programme,
direct mailings, indirect mailings via all the schools in Hong Kong and, if necessary, repeated …

… Freeman G, Cowling BJ, Schooling CM. Power and sample size calculations for
Mendelian randomization studies using one genetic instrument. Int J Epidemiol 2013;42:1157-63. …

… were measured by trained nurses and recorded to the nearest 0.1 kg and 0.1 cm, respectively.
… Drafting of the manuscript: Hui and Schooling. Critical revision of the manuscript for …