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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Mar 20;19(9):3826–3834. doi: 10.1002/alz.13013

Table 1.

Mendelian randomization for sex hormones (androsterone sulfate, DHEAS, estradiol, SHBG and total testosterone) and their estimated effect on Alzheimer’s disease status, stratified by sex. We adjusted for multiple testing using the Benjamini-Hochberg FDR P-value.

Males Females Total
Exp N SNP OR LL UL P FDR P OR LL UL P FDR P OR LL UL P FDR P
Andro 3 0.69 0.46 1.02 0.06 0.10 0.84 0.58 1.23 0.38 0.47 0.78 0.59 1.03 0.08 0.13
DHEAS 6 0.56 0.38 0.85 0.01 0.03 0.82 0.59 1.13 0.22 0.47 0.71 0.55 0.92 0.01 0.05
E2 8 0.91 0.59 1.40 0.66 0.82 0.84 0.64 1.11 0.23 0.47 0.87 0.70 1.09 0.22 0.27
SHBG 250 0.98 0.67 1.42 0.91 0.91 0.97 0.72 1.30 0.85 0.85 0.97 0.77 1.23 0.83 0.83
Tot T 120 0.53 0.32 0.88 0.01 0.03 0.82 0.52 1.28 0.38 0.47 0.69 0.48 0.99 0.04 0.10

Abbreviations: N: Number of SNPs used in the MR analysis; OR: Odds ratio; LL: 95%CI Lower Limit; UL: 95%CI Upper Limit; P: P-value; FDR P: False Discovery Rate P-value; Andro: Androsterone sulfate; DHEAS: dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; E2: Estradiol; SHBG: Sex Hormone Binding Globulin; Tot T: Total Testosterone.