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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Genet Epidemiol. 2018 May 29;42(5):418–433. doi: 10.1002/gepi.22131

Table 4: Power results from simulation study.

Details the power results at an α level of 0.05 under varying levels of LD, number of SNPs in the loci, and presence of a direct effect. TWAS not shown as is equivalent to the LDA MR under are simulation procedure.

LD Number of SNPS % Variation E explained by SNPs Method No Direct effect Directional Pleiotropy
Strength of Mediated Effect Small Effect Large Effect Small Effect Large Effect
MR 0.058 0.063 ---- ----
LDA MR 0.054 0.058 ---- ----
0.01 MR-Egger 0.057 0.062 0.059 0.063
LDA MR -Egger 0.054 0.059 0.055 0.059
MR 0.524 0.804 ---- ----
LDA MR 0.510 0.797 ---- ----
J=50 0.2 MR-Egger 0.514 0.795 0.512 0.795
LDA MR -Egger 0.499 0.787 0.498 0.788
MR 0.922 0.997 ---- ----
LDA MR 0.921 0.997 ---- ----
0.5 MR-Egger 0.915 0.997 0.917 0.997
Small LD LDA MR -Egger 0.914 0.997 0.915 0.997
MR 0.054 0.057 ---- ----
LDA MR 0.051 0.053 ---- ----
0.01 MR-Egger 0.054 0.057 0.056 0.056
LDA MR -Egger 0.050 0.052 0.052 0.051
MR 0.339 0.576 ---- ----
LDA MR 0.321 0.560 ---- ----
J=300 0.2 MR-Egger 0.338 0.573 0.341 0.581
LDA MR -Egger 0.321 0.557 0.325 0.562
MR 0.877 0.992 ---- ----
LDA MR 0.870 0.992 ---- ----
0.5 MR-Egger 0.875 0.992 0.875 0.992
LDA MR -Egger 0.869 0.991 0.869 0.992
0.01 LDA MR 0.054 0.059 ---- ----
LDA MR -Egger 0.052 0.055 0.053 0.055
J=50 0.2 LDA MR 0.513 0.798 ---- ----
LDA MR -Egger 0.389 0.629 0.389 0.637
0.5 LDA MR 0.919 0.998 ---- ----
Large LD LDA MR -Egger 0.784 0.943 0.788 0.941
0.01 LDA MR 0.049 0.049 ---- ----
LDA MR -Egger 0.050 0.049 0.051 0.051
J=300 0.2 LDA MR 0.318 0.560 ---- ----
LDA MR -Egger 0.294 0.523 0.300 0.524
0.5 LDA MR 0.869 0.992 ---- ----
LDA MR -Egger 0.840 0.985 0.842 0.986