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MVMRmode: Introducing an R package for plurality valid estimators for multivariable Mendelian randomisation.

Benjamin WoolfDipender GillAndrew J GrantStephen Burgess
Published in: PloS one (2024)
Here we introduced two, non-regression-based, plurality valid estimators for multivariable MR. Of these, "multivariable-CM" which uses IVW to create residuals fed into a contamination-mixture model, performed the best. This estimator uses a plurality of variants valid assumption, and appears to provide precise and unbiased estimates in the presence of balanced pleiotropy and small amounts of directional pleiotropy.
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