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An illustration of MR principles where genetic variants (Z) are robustly associated with the exposure of interest (X) that in turn affects the outcome of interest (Y). These variants (Z) are not affected by confounding factors (U) or the outcome (Y) whereas the exposure alone (X) may be affected by both.
