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  1. Body size and composition and risk of site-specific cancers in the UK Biobank and large international consortia: A mendelian randomisation study

    Article • PLoS Medicine, July 2021, PLOS

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  2. Robust methods in Mendelian randomization via penalization of heterogeneous causal estimates

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2019, PLOS

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  3. Bias due to participant overlap in two-sample Mendelian randomization

    Article • Genetic Epidemiology, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  4. Consistent Estimation in Mendelian Randomization with Some Invalid Instruments Using a Weighted Median Estimator

    Article • Genetic Epidemiology, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  5. Predicting the Direction of Causal Effect Based on an Instrumental Variable Analysis: A Cautionary Tale

    Article • Journal of Causal Inference, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  6. Beyond Mendelian randomization: how to interpret evidence of shared genetic predictors

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  7. Combining information on multiple instrumental variables in Mendelian randomization: comparison of allele score and summarized data methods

    Article • Statistics in Medicine, December 2015, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  8. Moderate alcohol drinking in pregnancy increases risk for children's persistent conduct problems: causal effects in a Mendelian randomisation study

    Article • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  9. A review of instrumental variable estimators for Mendelian randomization

    Article • Statistical Methods in Medical Research, August 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  10. Mendelian randomization with invalid instruments: effect estimation and bias detection through Egger regression

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  11. Mendelian randomization: where are we now and where are we going?

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  12. Using published data in Mendelian randomization: a blueprint for efficient identification of causal risk factors

    Article • European Journal of Epidemiology, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  13. Re: "Multivariable Mendelian Randomization: The Use of Pleiotropic Genetic Variants to Estimate Causal Effects"

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, February 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  14. Multivariable Mendelian Randomization: The Use of Pleiotropic Genetic Variants to Estimate Causal Effects

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  15. Association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and incident type 2 diabetes: a mendelian randomisation study

    Article • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  16. The many weak instruments problem and Mendelian randomization

    Article • Statistics in Medicine, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  17. Using Multivariable Mendelian Randomization to Disentangle the Causal Effects of Lipid Fractions

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2014, PLOS

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  18. Network Mendelian randomization: using genetic variants as instrumental variables to investigate mediation in causal pathways

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, August 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  19. Sample size and power calculations in Mendelian randomization with a single instrumental variable and a binary outcome

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, March 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  20. Mendelian Randomization Analysis With Multiple Genetic Variants Using Summarized Data

    Article • Genetic Epidemiology, September 2013, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  21. Use of allele scores as instrumental variables for Mendelian randomization

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, August 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  22. Efficient Design for Mendelian Randomization Studies: Subsample and 2-Sample Instrumental Variable Estimators

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, July 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  23. Using Mendelian randomization to assess and develop clinical interventions: limitations and benefits

    Article • Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, May 2013, Future Medicine

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  24. Use of Mendelian randomisation to assess potential benefit of clinical intervention

    Article • BMJ, November 2012, BMJ

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  25. Re: "Credible Mendelian Randomization Studies: Approaches For Evaluating The Instrumental Variable Assumptions"

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, July 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  26. Methods for meta-analysis of individual participant data from Mendelian randomisation studies with binary outcomes

    Article • Statistical Methods in Medical Research, June 2012, SAGE Publications

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  27. Missing Data Methods in Mendelian Randomization Studies With Multiple Instruments

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, September 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  28. Bias in causal estimates from Mendelian randomization studies with weak instruments

    Article • Statistics in Medicine, March 2011, Wiley

    Dr Stephen Burgess

  29. Avoiding bias from weak instruments in Mendelian randomization studies

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephen Burgess