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. 2019 Sep 13;48(5):1425–1434. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz182

Table 3.

Number of cases in Mendelian-randomization analysis

Outcomes N totala N, EMRb N, SRc N, bothd
SBPe 319 778 NA NA NA
DBPe 319 779 NA NA NA
Hypertension 106 405 16 905 (15.9%) 42 317 (39.8%) 47 183 (44.3%)
T2D 15 958 13 692 (85.8%) 671 (4.2%) 1595 (10.0%)
IHD 28 337 13 062 (46.1%) 2556 (9.0%) 12 719 (44.9%)
BMIe 338 172 NA NA NA
Depression 23 294 5382 (23.1%) 13 628 (58.5%) 4284 (18.4%)
Non-vertebral fracture 23 603 15 811 (67.0%) 6382 (27.0%) 1410 (6.0%)
All-cause mortality 9830 9830 (100%) NA NA

EMR, electronic medical records; SR, self-reported medical conditions; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; T2D, type 2 diabetes; IHD, ischaemic heart disease; BMI, body mass index.

a

Total number of cases.

b

Number of cases captured by EMR data only.

c

Number of cases captured by SR data only.

d

Number of cases captured by both EMR and SR.

e

Continuous variable, data come from baseline anthropometric measurement data.