Table 3.
Quality assessment of the three Mendelian randomization assumptions for studies reporting associations for lifestyle-related and other exposures at p > 0.05
MR Assumption | |||||||
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Exposure | Study | Effect of exposure on outcome (per SD increase) | p-value | 1 | 2/3 | ||
MR Egger performed | Support | ||||||
Sleep | |||||||
Insomnia | 24 (40) | 1.22 (1.15 – 1.30) | 8.05E-10 | ++ | ++ | ++ | |
Sleep duration | 24 (40) | 0.99 (0.99 – 1.00) | 2.75E-02 | ++ | ++ | ++ | |
Short sleep duration | 24 (40) | 1.04 (1.02 – 1.07) | 2.20E-03 | ++ | ++ | ++ | |
Smoking | |||||||
Lifetime smoking | 10 (21) | 2.23 (1.85 – 2.68) | 1.24E-17 | ++ | ++ | ++ | |
Smoking quantity (# cigs) | 18 (41) | 0.84 (0.74 – 0.96) | 0.008 | ++ | ++ | ++ | |
Smoking behavior | 20 (42) | 0.94 (0.90 – 0.99) | 0.035 | + | ++ | + | |
Education | |||||||
Education (yrs schooling) | 15 (43) | 0.95 (0.91 – 0.97) | NP | ++ | ++ | ++ | |
Education (yrs schooling) | 37 (26) | 0.78 (0.60 – 1.00) | 0.048 | ++ | ++ | + | |
Education (yrs schooling) | 45 (14) | 0.84 (0.73 – 0.95) | 0.007 | ++ | 0 | + | |
Educational attainment | 10 (21) | 0.59 (0.54 – 0.64) | 3.08E-37 | ++ | ++ | ++ | |
Coffee | |||||||
Coffee consumption | 19 (44) | 1.46 (1.04 – 2.04) | 0.025 | + | ++ | 0 | |
Coffee consumption | 39 (45) | 1.01 (1.00 – 1.02)* | 0.006 | ++ | ++ | ++ | |
Coffee consumption | 25 (46) | 1.23 (1.11 – 1.35) | 4.46E-05 | ++ | ++ | ++ | |
Other | |||||||
Bone mineral density | 9 (20) | 1.18 (1.04 – 1.35) | 2.92E-08 | ++ | ++ | ++ | |
Bone mineral density | 12 (18) | 1.27 (1.03 – 1.55) | 0.024 | ++ | ++ | + | |
Ischemic stroke | 3 (47) | 1.03 (1.00 – 1.07) | 0.036 | ++ | ++ | + | |
Major depression | 1 (48) | 1.21 (1.15 – 1.28) | 2.67E-13 | ++ | 0 | + | |
Major depressive disorder | 38 (49) | 1.27 (1.18 – 1.37) | 2.36E-08 | ++ | 0 | + | |
Gut microbiota | 35 (50) | NP | < 0.05 | + | ++ | + | |
Plasma ADAMTS5 levels | 40 (16) | 0.98 (0.97 – 0.99) | 0.005 | ++ | 0 | ++ | |
Social isolation | 41 (51) | 1.20 (1.10 – 1.31) | NP | ++ | ++ | ++ |