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Assumptions and study design flowchart of the MR study. The MR method is based on 3 hypotheses: (1) instrumental variables directly affect the exposure; (2) instrumental variables are independent of any confounding factor; and (3) instrumental variables affect the results only via exposure but not through other pathways.
