Davey Smith, George http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1407-8314
Holmes, Michael V. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6617-0879
Davies, Neil M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2460-0508
Ebrahim, Shah http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9438-1438
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00011/1)
Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00011/1)
British Heart Foundation (FS/18/23/33512)
Article History
Received: 19 February 2020
Accepted: 9 March 2020
First Online: 23 March 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: GDS and SE wrote the first extended exposition of Mendelian randomization, therefore they have considerable intellectual investment in the approach, and have received funding for MR studies over many years. GDS directs an MRC Unit that conducts a substantial amount of MR research.