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Why mediation analysis trumps Mendelian randomization in population epigenomics studies of the Dutch Famine
Elmar W. Tobi, Erik W. van Zwet, Lambert H. Lumey, Bastiaan T. Heijmans
The paper argues that mediation analysis is more appropriate than Mendelian randomization for studying the link between prenatal famine exposure and adult metabolic traits via DNA methylation.
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