Genetic predictors of participation in optional components of UK Biobank

Large BioBank studies are commonly used in GWAS, but may be biased by factors affecting participation and dropout. Here the authors show that some of the factors affecting participation may have underlying genetic components.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jessica Tyrrell, Jie Zheng, Robin Beaumont, Kathryn Hinton, Tom G. Richardson, Andrew R. Wood, George Davey Smith, Timothy M. Frayling, Kate Tilling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21073-y