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A brief comparison of polygenic risk scores and Mendelian randomisation

Garfield, Victoria; Anderson, Emma L; (2024) A brief comparison of polygenic risk scores and Mendelian randomisation. BMC Medical Genomics , 17 (1) , Article 10. 10.1186/s12920-023-01769-4. Green open access

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Abstract

Mendelian randomisation and polygenic risk score analysis have become increasingly popular in the last decade due to the advent of large-scale genome-wide association studies. Each approach has valuable applications, some of which are overlapping, yet there are important differences which we describe here.

Type: Article
Title: A brief comparison of polygenic risk scores and Mendelian randomisation
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1186/s12920-023-01769-4
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12920-023-01769-4
Language: English
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Keywords: Mendelian randomisation, Polygenic risk scores, Genome-wide association studies, Horizontal pleiotropy
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry > Mental Health of Older People
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10184707
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