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Mendelian randomization with a binary exposure variable: interpretation and presentation of causal estimates
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Mendelian randomization uses genetic variants to make causal inferences about a modifiable exposure. Subject to a genetic variant satisfying the instrumental variable assumptions, an association between the variant and outcome implies a causal effect of the exposure on the outcome. Complications arise with a binary exposure that is a dichotomization of a continuous risk factor (for example, hypertension is a dichotomization of blood pressure). This can lead to violation of the exclusion restriction assumption: the genetic variant can influence the outcome via the continuous risk factor even if the binary exposure does not change. Provided the instrumental variable assumptions are satisfied for the underlying continuous risk factor, causal inferences for the binary exposure are valid for the continuous risk factor. Causal estimates for the binary exposure assume the causal effect is a stepwise function at the point of dichotomization. Even then, estimation requires further parametric assumptions. Under monotonicity, the causal estimate represents the average causal effect in 'compliers', individuals for whom the binary exposure would be present if they have the genetic variant and absent otherwise. Unlike in randomized trials, genetic compliers are unlikely to be a large or representative subgroup of the population. Under homogeneity, the causal effect of the exposure on the outcome is assumed constant in all individuals; rarely a plausible assumption. We here provide methods for causal estimation with a binary exposure (although subject to all the above caveats). Mendelian randomization investigations with a dichotomized binary exposure should be conceptualized in terms of an underlying continuous variable.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Burgess, S., & Labrecque, J. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Burgess, Stephen
- Venue
- European Journal of Epidemiology
- Published
- 2018-07-23
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 947-952
- ISSN
- 0393-2990 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-7284
- PMC
- PMC6153517
- OpenAlex
- W2797906093
- Cited by
- 569
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 66 · 2024: 173 · 2023: 107 · 2022: 67 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 19.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- European Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (cc-by)
- Apollo (cc-by)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (204623/Z/16/Z)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- Keywords
- Mendelian randomization, binary exposure, dichotomization, exclusion restriction, monotonicity, homogeneity, average causal effect, hypertension, blood pressure, causal effect estimation
- MeSH terms
- Blood Pressure, Humans, Hypertension, Models, Genetic, Random Allocation, Risk Factors, Genetic Variation, Models, Statistical, Likelihood Functions, Mendelian Randomization Analysis
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