加强使用孟德尔随机化的流行病学观察研究报告:STROBE-MR声明
Veronika W Skrivankova1, Rebecca C Richmond2,3, Benjamin A R Woolf2,4
1Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
JAMA
|October 26, 2021
概括
这项研究引入了STROBE-MR,这是报告孟德尔随机化 (MR) 研究的指南. 它通过提供标准化检查清单来提高遗传关联研究的透明度和评估.
科学领域:
- 流行病学
- 遗传流行病学
- 生物统计学
背景情况:
- 门德尔随机化 (MR) 研究利用遗传变异推断暴露和结果之间的因果关系,旨在减轻混和反向因果关系.
- 标准化报告准则对于观察性研究的透明和可重复性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 制定STROBE-MR声明,这是STROBE指南的延伸,专门用于报告MR研究.
- 提高孟德尔随机化研究的清晰度,完整性和可评估性.
主要方法:
- 根据EQUATOR框架制定了STROBE-MR声明,使用STROBE声明作为基础.
- 进行了对MR报告的文献审查,随后与17名专家举行了一次研讨会,以起草和完善一个检查清单.
- 根据预印稿,社交媒体和会议讨论的反, 检查清单草案进行了代改进.
主要成果:
- STROBE-MR检查清单包括6个部分,包括20个主要项目和30个子项目.
- 它涵盖了各种MR研究设计,包括1样和2样MR,多次暴露/结果以及全基因组关联研究.
- 报告的主要建议包括证明MR的使用,说明因果假设,详细说明遗传变异的选择和质量,并报告数据共享.
结论:
- STROBE-MR提供了报告孟德尔随机化研究的基本准则.
- 改进的报告有助于编辑,同行评审和研究人员进行批判性评价.
- 提高MR研究的透明度将提高研究结果的解释性和可靠性.
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