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Reading and conducting instrumental variable studies: guide, glossary, and checklist

Walker, Venexia; Sanderson, Eleanor; Levin, Michael G; Damraurer, Scott M; Feeney, Timothy; Davies, Neil M; (2024) Reading and conducting instrumental variable studies: guide, glossary, and checklist. The British Medical Journal , 387 , Article e078093. 10.1136/bmj-2023-078093. Green open access

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Abstract

Instrumental variable analysis uses naturally occurring variation to estimate the causal effects of treatments, interventions and risk factors on outcomes in the population from observational data. Under specific assumptions, instrumental variable methods can provide unbiased estimates of causal effects. We explain these assumptions and the information and tests typically reported in instrumental variable studies, which can assess the credibility of the findings of instrumental variable studies.

Type: Article
Title: Reading and conducting instrumental variable studies: guide, glossary, and checklist
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2023-078093
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-078093
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
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 > Epidemiology and Applied Clinical Research
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10192221
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