A Robust Example of Collider Bias in a Genetic Association Study

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Day, Felix R. [1 ]
Loh, Po-Ru [2 ,3 ]
Scott, Robert A. [1 ]
Ong, Ken K. [1 ]
Perry, John R. B. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Cambridge, Inst Metab Sci, MRC, Epidemiol Unit, Box 285,Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, England
[2] Harvard Univ, TH Chan Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[3] Broad Inst Harvard & MIT, Program Med & Populat Genet, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
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10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.12.019
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071007 ; 090102 ;
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