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Diagram describing collider bias. a If we condition on circulating vitamin D levels (box), we could create on association of SNPs with confounders (dashed line). b If we condition on sun exposure (box), the association between SNPs and confounders is not generated because the SNPs are not associated with sun exposure (dashed line is removed)
