Whether Genetic Evidence Supports A Causal Effect Of X On Y

Use Mendelian randomization when genetic instruments are used to estimate an exposure-outcome effect.

  • exposure: instrumented trait
  • outcome: target trait
  • estimators: IVW, Egger, median where supported
mr <- associate$mr(
  data,
  exposure = exposure_trait,
  outcome = outcome_trait,
  instruments = variants
)

What comes back

An MR PolyGeniusAssociations object with estimator-level rows plus instrument diagnostics and summaries as artifacts.

Plotting

Estimator forest plots and MR diagnostics. Detailed plotting is under construction.

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