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. 2019 Aug 23;8(17):e012738. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.012738

Table 4.

Results From All MR Analyses for the Association of Uric Acid With Ischemic Stroke and its Subtypes

Uric Acid on Ischemic Stroke OR (95% CI) P Value
Analysis with 28 SNPs
Fixed‐effects IVW 1.00 (0.94–1.06) 0.99
Weighted median 0.98 (0.93–1.03) 0.42
MR‐Egger 0.95 (0.85–1.05) 0.31
MR‐PRESSO (outlier corrected; 1 outlier) 1.00 (0.95–1.05) 0.87
MR‐PRESSO (raw) 1.00 (0.94–1.08) 0.86
MVMR adjusting for BMI 0.99 (0.92–1.07) 0.89
Analysis with 7 SNPsa
Fixed‐effects IVW 0.96 (0.91–1.02) 0.20
Weighted median 0.97 (0.92–1.03) 0.33
MR‐Egger 0.99 (0.93–1.06) 0.82
MR‐PRESSO (raw; 0 outliers) 0.96 (0.91–1.02) 0.20
Uric Acid on CES OR (95% CI) P Value
Analysis with 28 SNP
Fixed‐effects IVW 0.97 (0.89–1.05) 0.44
Weighted median 0.95 (0.86–1.05) 0.32
MR‐Egger 0.92 (0.82–1.04) 0.20
MR‐PRESSO (raw; 0 outliers) 0.97 (0.89–1.06) 0.49
MVMR adjusting for BMI 0.97 (0.89–1.06) 0.50
Analysis with 7 SNPsa
Fixed‐effects IVW 0.93 (0.87–1.00) 0.08
Weighted median 0.95 (0.85–1.06) 0.33
MR‐Egger 0.97 (0.85–1.10) 0.60
MR‐PRESSO (raw; 0 outliers) 0.93 (0.87–1.00) 0.08
LAS OR (95% CI) P Value
Analysis with 28 SNPs
Fixed‐effects IVW 1.01 (0.88–1.15) 0.94
Weighted median 0.94 (0.83–1.07) 0.36
MR‐Egger 0.89 (0.74–1.08) 0.24
MR‐PRESSO (outliers corrected; 1 outlier) 1.00 (0.88–1.13) 0.98
MR‐PRESSO (raw) 1.01 (0.88–1.16) 0.87
MVMR adjusting for BMI 1.00 (0.86–1.15) 0.98
Analysis with 7 SNPsa
Fixed‐effects IVW 0.92 (0.84–1.01) 0.13
Weighted median 0.93 (0.81–1.06) 0.27
MR‐Egger 0.93 (0.79–1.10) 0.41
MR‐PRESSO (raw; 0 outliers) 0.92 (0.84–1.01) 0.13
SVS OR (95% CI) P Value
Analysis with 28 SNPs
Fixed‐effects IVW 1.04 (0.92–1.16) 0.55
Weighted median 1.05 (0.94–1.17) 0.41
MR‐Egger 1.08 (0.90–1.28) 0.42
MR‐PRESSO (outliers corrected; 1 outlier) 1.03 (0.93–1.13) 0.62
MR‐PRESSO (raw) 1.04 (0.92–1.17) 0.54
MVMR adjusting for BMI 1.02 (0.90–1.15) 0.79
Analysis with 7 SNPsa
Fixed‐effects IVW 1.02 (0.93–1.12) 0.71
Weighted median 1.04 (0.92–1.17) 0.56
MR‐Egger 1.09 (0.94–1.26) 0.27
MR‐PRESSO (raw; 0 outliers) 1.02 (0.93–1.12) 0.72

BMI indicates body mass index; CES, cardioembolic stroke; IVW, inverse variance weighted; LAS, large‐artery atherosclerotic stroke; MR, Mendelian randomization; MR‐PRESSO, Mendelian Randomization Pleiotropy Residual Sum and Outlier; MVMR, multivariable Mendelian randomization analysis; SVS, small‐vessel stroke.

a

The 7 non‐pleiotropic SNPs that are associated with only uric acid or/and gout.