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Principles of Mendelian randomization in nutrition research. (a) Instrumental variable analysis. Figure adapted from (21). (b) Dietary interventions that affect causal disease exposures are clinically important. (c) Instrumental variables can sometimes be used as proxies for dietary intake.
