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A cartoon depiction of ‘Mendelian randomization’ after Thomas & Conti (2004). In scenario (a), finding an (induced) association between the gene (G) and disease (D) supports the hypothesis for a causal relationship between environmental exposure (E) and disease. In scenario (b), an association between the gene and disease gives no information about the causality of the exposure. IP, internal phenotype.
