Typically, for small sample sizes these effect sizes are going to overestimate the true effect size (i.e. Kahali Ebrahim et al. A Ebrahim 13, 27 In the context of this analysis, examining whether urate has a causal effect on BMD, the first assumption is that the genetic urate score genotype is associated with the serum urate concentration phenotype and is an instrumental variable of adequate strength. Silverwood Timpson Seven of the 14 WHR adjusted for BMI variants used by Gao and colleagues were stronger in females compared with males ( Table 2 ), with 19 of the 44 variants in the more up-to-date GWAS being stronger in females (and one stronger in males). . Smith 4 The paper by Gao and colleagues illustrates this with the large numbers of cancer cases that they analyse: 15â748, 5100, 12â160, 4369 and 14â160, respectively, for breast, colorectal, lung, ovarian and prostate cancer. JF The following (in alphabetical order of first name) kindly provided useful comments on an earlier draft of this commentary: George Davey Smith (University of Bristol), Gibran Hermani (University of Bristol), Maria-Carolina Borge (Federal University of Pelotas), Neil Pearce (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Philip Haycock (University of Bristol), Rachel Freathy (University of Exeter) and Richard Martin (University of Bristol). However, some of the point estimates for BMI and WHR are not that dissimilar. Randall Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology in Preoperative Diagnosis of Bone Lesions: A Three-Year Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital. 3 Gao and colleagues do not provide any information on the strength of the different instrumental variables, such as the F-statistic or R 2 for the genetic instrument-adiposity trait associations. So far, MR studies in this area have focussed solely on Alzheimer’s dementia, with all three reporting no impact of diabetes [4–6]. Egger The Mendelian Randomization (MR) approach is a method that enables causal inference in observational studies. In this volume of the IJE , Gao and colleagues explore the causal effect of adiposity on several cancers using two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR), and find some evidence that greater adult body mass index (BMI) causally reduces the risk of breast cancer while increasing ovarian, lung and colorectal cancer. Allen Mendelian randomization is a method of using measured variation in genes of known function to examine the causal effect of a modifiable exposure on disease in observational studies external icon. Thus, it is impossible to know whether the assumption of no sex differences holds for these two risk factors. PMID: 23500241 Burgess Design Mendelian randomisation study. The extent to which bias towards the null as a possible result of weak instrument bias and adjustment of WHR for BMI (discussed above) is balanced by possible exaggeration of the true effect as a result of not using sex-specific data for the genetic instrument-WHR association in the female cancers, is impossible to tell. et al. According to data presented by Gao in their Supplementary Table 1, it seems that the association of the genetic instrumental variable with each adiposity trait has been taken from samples that combine females and males, whereas for the association of the genetic instrument with breast and ovarian cancer, females only are included and with prostate cancer males only are included. Mendelian randomization is the term that has been given to studies that use genetic variants in observational epidemiology to make causal inferences about modifiable (non-genetic) risk factors for disease and health-related outcomes [1,3,20]. â¢âWith summary data from large GWAS consortia, not clear how these methods could be applied currently. Harbord Mendelian randomisation (MR) is an epidemiological technique that uses genetic variants as proxies for exposures in an attempt to determine whether there is a causal link between an exposure and an outcome. DO Ben-Shlomo Although it seems unlikely that this is an issue in the study undertaken by Gao and colleagues, methods to explore this ought to be included and their results discussed in any two-sample MR paper using summary data. . . Hingorani 14,18â20 Interestingly, although Gao et al. 21. A gene-based association method for mapping traits using reference transcriptome data. ... or Winner's Curse) (Goring et al., 2001; Ioannidis, 2008; Burgess et al., 2011). Ensure that the two samples are from the same populations. . G Mendelian randomization (MR) Use inherited genetic variants to infer causal relationship of an exposure and a disease outcome. One disadvantage of using summary data is that you have to take the results as analysed in the original study. DC A copy of the book "Mendelian randomization: Methods for using genetic variants in causal estimation" is included in the course fees for in-person courses (not for online courses). SG . If this overlap is large, then some of the advantages of two-sample over one-sample MR are potentially lost, but the disadvantages of using summary data are maintained. comment on the âstrongâ assumptions of MR, but rarely do we see such statements about the equally strong, and untestable, assumptions of conventional multivariable regression analyses. The basic assumption—that genetic variants which can proxy for a potentially modifiable exposure are essentially unrelated to confounding factors—has been demonstrated to have widespread plausibility.25 The connection between the standard Mendelian randomization experiment and the theory of instrumental variables has been elaborated upon.26,27 Extensions to use multiple genetic variants for increasing power and investigatin… … Mendelian randomization (MR) has been used to estimate the causal effect of body mass index (BMI) on particular traits thought to be affected by BMI. Aschard Results obtained using 4 MR methods (inverse-variance weighted [IVW], Mendelian randomization-Egger [MR-Egger], weighted median, and MR-PRESSO [Mendelian Randomization Pleiotropy Residual Sum and Outlier]) are presented as a heat map representing causal estimates (1 SD of BP index per 1 SD of cell count). ), â¢âWeak instrument biases towards the null, â¢âCan (and should) check this for measured confounders, â¢âIf individual participant data are available for the two-samples can (and should) check this for measured confounders, â¢âWhen using summary data from publicly available GWAS results, will often not be possible to check this, â¢âDirectional (horizontal) pleiotropy can be explored through use of different genetic instruments, multivariable instrumental variable analyses and MR-Egger 8,9, â¢âDirectional (horizontal) pleiotropy can be explored through use of different genetic instruments and MR-Egger 9, â¢âIn general. VanderWeele Michailidou et al. . The combined per-allele effect in women was stronger than in men, specifically; for those marked with an asterisk (*), there was strong statistical evidence of a sex difference ( Psex difference 1.9âÃâ10 â3 to 1.2âÃâ10 â13 ). Price Davies Winner's curse. Croteau-Chonka Smartphone education improves embarrassment, bowel preparation, and satisfaction with care in patients receiving colonoscopy: A randomized controlled trail. Peakman For example, UK Biobank will soon release GWAS data on all 500â000 participants and has already amassed large numbers of incident cases of cardiovascular disease and common cancers such as breast cancer. K 11 Collection of unique imaging data on a subsample of 100â000 of those participants has begun, and thus MR to determine the causal effect of novel imaging biomarkers on common chronic disease outcomes, in which the genetic instrument-disease outcome association in 500â000 participants is divided by the genetic instrument-imaging biomarker association in the 100â000 subgroup, will soon be possible. The provenance of adult BMI effects with cancers and other possible sources of bias in the conclusions for this study. Collins Mendelian randomisation (MR) is an epidemiological technique that uses genetic variants as proxies for exposures in an attempt to determine whether there is a causal link between an exposure and an outcome. Pathways to cognitive decline and dementia involve a combination of vascular and Sudlow R with respect to gender, sex, age, ethnicity etc. Day . Two-sample MR exploits the fact that it is not necessary to obtain the effect of the instrumental variable-risk factor association (ratio denominator) and instrumental variable-outcome association (ratio numerator) from the same sample of participants. E-I This adjustment is likely to have biased the effect of genome-wide variants associated with unadjusted WHR (away from the null). Shungin NCDs include chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease (CVDs), cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases, etc. The authors note that whereas their MR results suggest a protective effect of greater adult BMI on breast cancer, many observational studies have reported a protective effect of greater BMI on premenopausal breast cancer but a detrimental effect on postmenopausal breast cancer. Beyond Mendelian randomizationâwhat can we learn from genetic epidemiology? JP 2012 Dec 25;60(25):2631-9. Timpson Lawlor Participants 156 848 women in the multivariable regression and one sample mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis in UK … Mendelian randomization methods, which use genetic variants as instrumental variables for exposures of interest to overcome problems of confounding and reverse causality, are becoming widespread for assessing causal relationships in epidemiological studies. Hemani Two Mendelian randomization studies have applied novel approaches to instrumental variable selection in methylation data, identifying bidirectional causal effects of CPT1A and triglycerides, as well as of RNMT and C6orf42, on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol response to fenofibrate. Felix AE Davies Davey Smith . Scott J Summar Wasserstein SI The WHR variants used by Gao and colleagues were adjusted for BMI, which the authors do not seem to acknowledge. Harbord The comments made in this paper are those of the author and not necessarily of the MRC or NIHR. a difference of -0.2 in this case ). If this is not the case (as in this paper for the sex-specific cancers), check the original paper publications and/or contact the original authors to see if it is possible to obtain results from the same population (here sex-specific results). Davey Smith L EP-I EM NE For adult BMI, sex differences were reported and marked differences were found for two of the 77 variants (stronger associations in women compared with men). United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG, 2015) has specified NCDs as one of their important health related targets (Target-3.4) for improving overall wellbeing of human populations (2). ; Consortium Mendelian randomization analysis depends on a number of assumptions. SG In addition to money from public or charity grant funding bodies for her research, D.A.L. As a result the one-sample MR effect estimate will be an underestimate of the true causal effect 10, â¢âUsing two non-overlapping samples avoids this. S We attempted to minimize the risk of bias due to population stratification by restricting to individuals of European ethnicity and adjusting for genetic principal components. regression coefficient of adiposity measure per allele of combined adiposity genetic variants. However, one hypothesis regarding the positive association of BMI with postmenopausal breast cancer is that women who are fatter after the menopause are likely to have had a greater lifetime exposure to estrogen; but Gao and colleagues are able to examine effects with estrogen receptor-positive cancers and they find the same inverse association with these as seen for all breast cancer cases combined. largely base their conclusions on findings with a P -value equivalent to < 0.05 after multiple testing. I Lawlor has received support from industry (Medtronic and Roche Diagnostics) in relation to her biomarker research. K T B There are 3 assumptions that must be satisfied to obtain suitable results: 1) The genetic variant is strongly associated with the exposure, 2) The genetic variant is independent of the outcome, given the exposure and all confounders (measured and unmeasured) of the exposure … AE This may be due to the winner’s curse because in the stage 1 we rank all 172 estimates of the allele score on the outcomes, such that the highest ranked are more likely to be higher than their respective true values because of the random variation of these sample estimates about their true values. ; Consortium Howe Board Certified or Board Eligible AP/CP Full-Time or Part-Time Pathologist, Chief of ID, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Instrumental variable is related to risk factorÂ, Confounders of the risk factor-outcome association are not related to the genetic instrumentÂ, Genetic instrument only related to the outcome through its effect on the risk factorÂ, Copyright © 2020 International Epidemiological Association. G NA When using summary GWAS data in what might be considered to be true two-sample MR, it is possible that the two samples overlap because of some cohort studies contributing to both GWAS (for example many adult cohort studies have contributed both to GWAS of adiposity measurements and also of disease outcomes such as CHD and type 2 diabetes). Q Antman Comment in J Am Coll Cardiol. Consider whether measurement error and/or survivor bias (where predominantly prevalent cases are used) might have influenced findings. Network Mendelian randomization analysis framework. Burgess ... or Winner's Curse) (Goring et al., 2001; Ioannidis, 2008; Burgess et al., 2011). Joshi Mishra © The Author 2016. . Biobank Mendelian Randomization results from GeneAtlas. . . However, we still lack such access. Davey Smith RJ TW Lazar Winner's Curse. R The solid lines depict the true potential causal diagram. Nature Genetics, 47(9). Contrary to IJE author recommendations and recent guidance from the American Statistics Society, 16 Gao et al. appear to have generated an allele score of the effects from the sex combined results in all of their analyses, including those with sex-specific outcomes (breast, ovarian and prostate cancer). Mendelian randomization (MR) overcomes some of the limitations of causal interpretation in observational studies. Horikoshi D â¢âNot relevant as can decide within the one sample with genetic instrument, risk factor and outcome, what to adjust for. NJ G Davey Smith J Mendelian randomization phenome-wide scan of AMH-associated variants. This issue is not discussed by Gao et al. Our genetic colleagues have led the way in ensuring replication in large collaborations where âteam scienceâ is appreciated and for the large part appropriately rewarded. Figure shows DAGs of instrumental variable (IV) analyses to test the causal effect of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc) on CHD. 15. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or purchase an annual subscription. 14,18â20 For birthweight and child BMI, there seemed to have been no attempt to explore sex differences, which likely reflects the low power in those studies to do that. Similarly, an odds ratio of 1.27 (1.09, 1.49) for the effect of adult BMI on all lung cancers is declared as a positive result but the same conclusion is not made for an odds ratio of 1.33 (95%CI: 0.75, 2.36) for the MR effect of WHR on squamous lung cancer. effects on risk factor), with a P -value threshold to select variants (instruments), as the sample used for the testing of the instrument on outcome, the instrument-risk factor effect will be exaggerated and the instrument-outcome potentially underestimated. Mendelian randomization has emerged as a valuable approach in investigating whether an association of a biomarker with CAD is casual or not. Gilthorpe S This two-sample Mendelian randomization study aimed to delve into the effects of genetically predicted adipokine levels on OA.Methods. T 17 Thus, the MR estimate of the effect of unadjusted WHR on cancer would be to bias it towards the null because the denominator of the ratio (the genetic instrument-WHR association) will be exaggerated due to adjustment for BMI. Mendelian randomisation is a technique which, fuelled by the results of GWA studies, can be used to determine causal relationships between intermediate phenotypes such as metabolite levels and outcomes such as cardiovascular disease (Evans and Davey Smith 2015). #the true difference in the means is 20% (1 versus 1.2), #plot a histogram of these two populations and their means, #consider that we take a sample from each population of a specified size, #we can vary this to see the effect of sample size. Now you have the chance to listen to the presentations and you can also contact the presenters via e-mail if you wish to ask questions or discuss the papers. Timpson ... (also called ‘winner’s curse’). Diagram adapted from Relton & Davey Smith, Two-step epigenetic Mendelian randomization: a strategy for establishing the causal role of epigenetic processes in pathways to disease, International Journal of Epidemiology, 2012, 41, 161–176. use the most up-to-date BMI GWAS data, 20 they do not do the same for WHR, despite the most recent GWAS for WHR adjusted for BMI identifying 33 additional variants (as well as confirming the 14 used here from the earlier GWAS) and being published around the same time as the most up-to-date BMI GWAS. Methods and findings. Holmes M G Computationally that is difficult, but a recent GWAS of BMI trajectories from age 1 to 17 years shows some potential for future studies to be able to explore such possibilities. G . The Mendelian randomization analysis made it possible to examine the effects of lifelong naturally elevated testosterone levels on 469 traits and diseases. Setting UK Biobank prospective cohort study and Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) case-control genome-wide association study. Hardy Those developing MR as a method have from the start been very open about its limitations and have worked at developing methods to test and limit sources of bias. Munafo Now genetic epidemiologists have shown us how to provide complete open-access summary data, and it is likely that over the coming decade important and impactful use will be made of these data. 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Mendelian randomization analyses using multiple genetic variants can be viewed as a meta-analysis of the causal estimates from each variant. et al. Identification of genetic factors controlling phosphorus utilization efficiency in wheat by genome-wide association study with principal component analysis. LD Further information can be obtained by mousing over the Course tab above, including: Course outline and timetable. works in a unit that receives funding from the University of Bristol and UK Medical Research Council (grant ref: MC_UU_12013/5) and she is a National Institute of Health Research Senior Investigator (NF-SI-0611â10196). It also has additional strengths and limitations in comparison with one-sample MR, which are summarized in Table 1 . #if you repeat this you will typically get a non-significant result, #let's repeat this 1,000 times and see how often we get a significant results, #proportion of tests that are significant, #let's plot the difference in the means for this estimates, the "effect size", "Estimated effect sizes (1000 simulations) for sample of size n=", #this is the effect size for all our estimates, #add a line to indicate where the true population mean lies, #let's look only at the tests that are significant at an alpha=0.05, #this is the effect sizes for the significant results. et al. J Search for other works by this author on: Mendelian randomization study of adiposity-related traits and risk of breast, ovarian, prostate, lung and colorectal cancer. et al. Thus, it is concluded BMI reduces breast cancer risk {odds ratio[OR] 0.66 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.57, 0.77)]}, but the same is not concluded for WHR [0.73 (0.53, 1.00)]. 2013 May 7;61(18):1931-2. C BJ Soininen Taylor Smith 1 This assumes that the genetic variants do not differ between women and men in their relationship to the adiposity risk factors. 22 In 1997, Egger and Davey Smith showed the same with respect to beta-blockers and mortality after acute myocardial infarction. 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Mendelian randomization methods, which use genetic variants as instrumental variables for exposures of interest to overcome problems of confounding and reverse causality, are becoming widespread for assessing causal relationships in epidemiological studies. All variants combined explained 1.34% and 0.46% of the variation in WHR adjusted for BMI in women and men, respectively. Determine whether any covariables have been adjusted for in the original GWAS and report on this. 21 In both GWAS, the results of the per allele effect of the genetic instrument on WHR adjusted for BMI is notably stronger in females than males. G 23 Those retrospective findings could have been identified prospectively with easy open access to complete summary data of everything tested in all RCTs. As with all epidemiological approaches, findings from Mendelian randomisation studies depend on specific assumptions. MR The disadvantages of using summary data in two-sample MR are similar to those of meta-analysing summary data of RCTs or multivariable regression observational resultsâthe quality of the pooled results is dependent on that of the individual studies. What strikes me in watching (and participating in) the development of GWAS and MR over the past decade is how slow those of us largely working in epidemiology, including in intervention research, have been to do what we all know is good science. RL G M . Mendelian randomization analysis depends on a number of assumptions. Davey Smith Can we really use MR to test effects of adiposity on (breast) cancer at different life stages? Schooling CM, Au Yeung SL, Freeman G. Erratum in J Am Coll Cardiol. NJ The Mendelian randomization analysis made it possible to examine the effects of lifelong naturally elevated testosterone levels on 469 traits and diseases. 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