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. 2024 Mar 20;15:1334772. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1334772

Table 4.

Heterogeneity and sensitivity analysis of meaningful inflammatory cytokines and risk of autoimmune thyroid disease.

Exposure Outcome Methods Q P Intercept P MR-PRESSO
TNF-β GD
IVW 5.795 0.564 −0.015 0.511 0.650
MR-Egger 5.307 0.505
SCGF-β GD
IVW 25.219 0.339 −0.002 0.915 0.308
MR-Egger 25.206 0.287
IL-12p70 HT
IVW 6.863 0.976 −0.024 0.656 0.554
MR-Egger 6.657 0.966
IL-13 HT
IVW 19.306 0.253 0.023 0.759 0.903
MR-Egger 19.182 0.206
IFN-γ HT
IVW 16.508 0.086 0.084 0.533 0.759
MR-Egger 15.771 0.072
MCP-1 HT
IVW 24.352 0.499 0.067 0.330 0.856
MR-Egger 23.363 0.498
TNF-α HT
IVW 8.307 0.504 −0.067 0.444 0.389
MR-Egger 7.658 0.468

MR-PRESSO, Mendelian randomization pleiotropy residual sum and outlier; GD, Graves’ disease; HT, Hashimoto thyroiditis; IVW, inverse variance-weighted.