Table 4.

Results of Cochrane’s Q test and pleiotropy test

Exposures	Outcomes	Cochrane’s Q test		Pleiotropy test
		Q	P value	Egger intercept	SE	P value
Omega-3	Sepsis	75.5	0.004	− 0.003	0.005	0.483
	Sepsis mortality	54.6	0.180	0.018	0.009	0.051
Omega-6	Sepsis	79.6	0.004	0.007	0.006	0.274
	Sepsis mortality	60.1	0.133	0.006	0.013	0.665
Ratio of omega-6:3	Sepsis	53.2	0.014	0.008	0.005	0.124
	Sepsis mortality	32.9	0.474	− 0.011	0.010	0.291
DHA	Sepsis	58.1	0.020	− 0.006	0.005	0.242
	Sepsis mortality	39.8	0.388	0.009	0.010	0.369
LA	Sepsis	58.5	0.046	0.007	0.007	0.286
	Sepsis mortality	48.5	0.228	0.013	0.015	0.367

DHA docosahexaenoic acid, LA linoleic acid