Table 2.

MR estimates from each method of assessing the causal effect of dried fruit intake on the risk of osteoarthritis.

MR method	nSNP	Beta	SE	OR	95% CI	Association P value	Cochran Q statistic	I  2	Heterogeneity P value
MR Egger	41	−0.020	0.043	0.980	0.900–1.066	.640	57.81	0.325	.027
Weighted median	41	−0.026	0.012	0.974	0.951–0.997	.025	–	–	–−
Inverse variance weighted	41	−0.020	0.009	0.981	0.963–0.999	.039	57.81	0.309	.034

I² = (Q − df)/Q.

Beta = beta coefficient, nSNP = number of single nucleotide polymorphism, SE = standard error.