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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
卷 48, 期 3, 页码 691-701出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy202
关键词
instrumental variables; causal inference; selection bias; collider bias; inverse probability weighting
资金
- UK Medical Research Council [MC_UU_00002/7]
- Medical Research Council Methodology Research Panel grant [RG88311]
- Wellcome Trust [204623/Z/16/Z]
- Royal Society [204623/Z/16/Z]
- MRC [MR/L003120/1, MR/N027493/1, MC_UU_00002/7] Funding Source: UKRI
Background: Selection bias affects Mendelian randomization investigations when selection into the study sample depends on a collider between the genetic variant and confounders of the risk factor-outcome association. However, the relative importance of selection bias for Mendelian randomization compared with other potential biases is unclear. Methods: We performed an extensive simulation study to assess the impact of selection bias on a typical Mendelian randomization investigation. We considered inverse probability weighting as a potential method for reducing selection bias. Finally, we investigated whether selection bias may explain a recently reported finding that lipoprotein(a) is not a causal risk factor for cardiovascular mortality in individuals with previous coronary heart disease. Results: Selection bias had a severe impact on bias and Type 1 error rates in our simulation study, but only when selection effects were large. For moderate effects of the risk factor on selection, bias was generally small and Type 1 error rate inflation was not considerable. Inverse probability weighting ameliorated bias when the selection model was correctly specified, but increased bias when selection bias was moderate and the model was misspecified. In the example of lipoprotein(a), strong genetic associations and strong confounder effects on selection mean the reported null effect on cardiovascular mortality could plausibly be explained by selection bias. Conclusions: Selection bias can adversely affect Mendelian randomization investigations, but its impact is likely to be less than other biases. Selection bias is substantial when the effects of the risk factor and confounders on selection are particularly large.
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