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Hypothesised relationship between genetic variant Gj, modifiable exposure X and outcome Y in the presence of an unobserved confounder, denoted by U. The line from Gj to X represents instrumental variable assumption IV1. Dashed lines represent potential violations of the instrumental variable assumptions IV2 and IV3.
