Table 4.
Sensitivity analysis of cytokines associated with vitiligo.
| Exposure | SNPs | MR-Egger intercept | Cochrane’s Q IVW | Cochrane’s Q Egger | Correct causal direction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercept value | p-value | Q-value | p-value | Q-value | p-value | |||
| CCL19 | 13 | 0.005 | 0.892 | 10.9 | 0.54 | 10.9 | 0.46 | True |
| CXCL6 | 11 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 20.4 | 0.33 | 15.9 | 0.07 | True |
| IL-6 | 8 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 8.1 | 0.32 | 5.4 | 0.50 | True |
SNPs, single-nucleotide polymorphism; IVW, inverse-variance weighted; MR. Mendelian randomization.