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. 2023 Aug 17;14:1238800. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1238800

Table 5.

Mendelian randomisation (MR) results of causal effects between gut microbiome and appendicular lean mass.

Group Bacterial traits Nsnp Methods SE β (95% CI) p-value
Family Bacteroidaceae 9 MR Egger 0.086 0.008 (−0.160, 0.176) 0.927
Weighted median 0.017 0.022 (−0.012, 0.056) 0.197
Inverse variance weighted 0.015 0.041 (0.010, 0.071) 0.008
Simple mode 0.025 0.019 (−0.031, 0.069) 0.478
Weighted mode 0.021 0.017 (−0.025, 0.058) 0.456
Genus Eubacterium fissicatena group 9 MR Egger 0.047 −0.047 (−0.139, 0.046) 0.353
Weighted median 0.009 −0.022 (−0.039, −0.006) 0.009
Inverse variance weighted 0.008 −0.017 (−0.034, −0.000) 0.044
Simple mode 0.013 −0.024 (−0.049, 0.002) 0.103
Weighted mode 0.012 −0.023 (−0.047, 0.001) 0.095
Genus Bacteroides 9 MR Egger 0.086 0.008 (−0.160, 0.176) 0.927
Weighted median 0.018 0.022 (−0.013, 0.057) 0.215
Inverse variance weighted 0.015 0.041 (0.010, 0.071) 0.008
Simple mode 0.025 0.019 (−0.031, 0.068) 0.477
Weighted mode 0.023 0.017 (−0.029, 0.062) 0.492
Genus Lachnospira 6 MR Egger 0.098 0.186 (−0.007, 0.379) 0.132
Weighted median 0.020 0.036 (−0.003, 0.075) 0.072
Inverse variance weighted 0.019 0.037 (0.000, 0.073) 0.049
Simple mode 0.028 0.033 (−0.022, 0.087) 0.290
Weighted mode 0.027 0.032 (−0.020, 0.084) 0.281
Genus Phascolarctobacterium 11 MR Egger 0.053 0.022 (−0.082, 0.125) 0.689
Weighted median 0.013 0.014 (−0.011, 0.039) 0.279
Inverse variance weighted 0.011 0.024 (0.002, 0.046) 0.031
Simple mode 0.018 0.017 (−0.017, 0.052) 0.347
Weighted mode 0.018 0.017 (−0.018, 0.052) 0.358

SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; MR, mendelian randomization; SE, standard error; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.