MRBEE

Author

Jean Morrison

Published

January 1, 2023

Resources

Code (Language: R) Website Paper (Pub Date: 2023.01)

Other URLS: none

Method Contact: Noah Lorincz-Comi ( none)

Entry Contact: Jean Morrison ( jvmorr@umich.edu)

Context

Analysis Type: UVMR MVMR Network MR Bi-Directional MR Non-Linear

Input Data Types: Ind/Ind Ind/SS SS/Ind SS/SSfamily

Exposure Trait Types: Quantitative Binary Time to event

Outcome Trait Types: Quantitative Binary Time to event

Assumptions and Sources of Bias

Source of Bias Addressed
Weak instruments ✓
Winner’s curse ✗
Sample overlap ✗
Uncorrelated horizontal pleiotropy ✓
Correlated horizontal pleiotropy ✓
Ancestry differences in samples ✗
Residual confounding in GWAS ✗
Cross-trait assortative mating ✗
Index-event/conditioning on heritable trait ✗

Description

We introduce MRBEE (MR using Bias-corrected Estimating Equation), a novel multivariable MR method capable of simultaneously removing error-in-variable bias and identifying horizontal pleiotropy.