BMJ George Davey Smith and Shah Ebrahim Data dredging , bias , or confounding

Davey Smith , G ; Ebrahim , S ( 2005 )

(2005) What can mendelian randomi-sation tell us about modifiable behavioural and environmental ex-posures? BMJ, 330 (7499).

N-of-1 approach to determine when adverse effects are caused by statins.

Confounding and Mendelian Randomization Tests of Causality Association of C-Reactive Protein With Blood Pressure and Hypertension : Life Course

George Davey Smith, Debbie A. Lawlor, Roger Harbord, Nic Timpson, Ann Rumley, Gordon Confounding and Mendelian Randomization Tests of Causality Association of C-Reactive Protein With Blood Pressure and Hypertension : Life Course Print ISSN: 1079-5642. Online ISSN: 1524-4636 Copyright © 2005 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 is published by...

Role of endogenous oestrogen in aetiology of coronary heart disease: analysis of age related trends in coronary heart disease and breast cancer in England and Wales and Japan.

We thank everyone who contributed to this survey and in particular members of the Northern Neonatal Network, the medical records staff and Alice Downes, Jim Dodd, Roshan Adappa, Diane Snowden, and Dominic Sailor for retrieving the notes; and Edmund Hey, Louise Parker, and Unni Wariyar for support with the study design and the writing of this paper. Contributors: See bmj.com Funding: Northern Ne...

Association of insulin resistance with depression: cross sectional findings from the British Women's Heart and Health Study.

A large cohort study of nearly 15 000 individuals found that indicators of insulin sensitivity were associated with increased risk of suicide. The authors assumed that insulin resistance was the key factor responsible. Insulin resistance is a determinant of free fatty acids in the blood, which are in turn important in tryptophan metabolism and brain serotonin concentrations. 3 Individuals who a...