ArticleNature genetics2018
Author Correction: Distinguishing genetic correlation from causation across 52 diseases and complex traits.
Article in Nature genetics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Evidence of genetic overlap and causal relationships between blood-based biochemical traits and human cortical anatomy.Translational psychiatry · 2022Article
- Consequences of exposure to pollutants on respiratory health: From genetic correlations to causal relationships.PloS one · 2022Article
- Finding hidden treasures in summary statistics from genome-wide association studies.Nature genetics · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum for
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
Abstract
In the version of this article originally published, there were errors in equations. In the HTML and PDF, the initial term of equation 10 was estimated GCP but should have been estimated standard error, while a 'hat' was missing from the first alpha in the second term of the expression at the end of the paragraph following equation (6) in the Methods. In addition, in the abstract in the PDF, a subscript 1 was used instead of a subscript 2 for the final term of the first fourth-moment expression. These errors have been corrected in the HTML, PDF and print versions of the paper.
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Registered trials
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