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Schematic of potential horizontal and vertical pleiotropy in relation to fatty acid and cholesterol metabolites and postprandial glucose measures. (A) Illustration of horizontal pleiotropy. (B) Illustration of vertical pleiotropy. Vertical pleiotropy does not result in a violation of the 2nd MR assumption because the metabolites progress along a single linear causal pathway.
