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by samwalrus 2957 days ago
Mendelian randomization is a good technique to start thinking about causality for epidemiological studies.

This is a good paper that demonstrates the approach: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep16645 Millard, Louise AC, et al. "MR-PheWAS: hypothesis prioritization among potential causal effects of body mass index on many outcomes, using Mendelian randomization." Scientific reports 5 (2015): 16645.