Instrumental variable analysis using offspring BMI in childhood as an indicator of parental BMI in relation to mortality

Abstract Childhood BMI shows associations with adult mortality, but these may be influenced by effects of ill health in childhood on BMI and later mortality. To avoid this, we used offspring childhood BMI as an instrumental variable (IV) for own BMI in relation to mortality and compared it with conv...

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Auteurs principaux: Kim Blond, David Carslake, Line Klingen Gjærde, Dorte Vistisen, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, George Davey Smith, Jennifer L. Baker
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/75786fa5bbc8408296a93656db7bc1b7
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