Cross-fitted instrument: A blueprint for one-sample Mendelian randomization.

Bias from weak instruments may undermine the ability to estimate causal effects in instrumental variable regression (IVR). We present here a new approach to handling weak instrument bias through the application of a new type of instrumental variable coined 'Cross-Fitted Instrument' (CFI)....

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Main Authors: William R P Denault, Jon Bohlin, Christian M Page, Stephen Burgess, Astanand Jugessur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-08-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010268