Educational attainment, health outcomes and mortality: a within-sibship Mendelian randomization study.
Laurence J HoweHumaira RasheedPaul R JonesDorret I BoomsmaDavid M EvansAlexandros GiannelisCaroline HaywardJohn L HopperAmanda HughesHannu LahtinenSherly X LiPenelope A LindNicholas G MartinPekka T MartikainenSarah E MedlandTim T MorrisMichel G NivardJean-Baptiste PingaultKarri SilventoinenJennifer A SmithEmily A WilloughbyJames F Wilsonnull nullBjørn Olav ÅsvoldØyvind E NæssGeorge Davey SmithJaakko KaprioBen Michael BrumptonNeil Martin DaviesPublished in: International journal of epidemiology (2023)
These results provide evidence of beneficial individual-level effects of education (or liability to education) on adulthood health, independently of potential demographic and family-level confounders.