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Study design. (a) The causal diagram for standard Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis, which involves instrumental variable (IV) and requires three assumptions. (b) Illustrative diagram of IV assumptions made in multivariable MR model. IPF, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; MR, Mendelian randomisation.
