Mendelian randomisation analysis of the effect of educational attainment and cognitive ability on smoking behaviour

Higher educational attainment is positively associated with a number of health outcomes. Here, Sanderson et al. use multivariable Mendelian randomisation analysis to test whether the association of educational attainment with smoking behaviour is direct or indirectly mediated via general cognitive a...

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Main Authors: Eleanor Sanderson, George Davey Smith, Jack Bowden, Marcus R. Munafò
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10679-y