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. 2020 Jul 21;27(10):551–559. doi: 10.1530/ERC-20-0067

Table 3.

Results of two-sample MR analysis for benign nodular thyroid disease and thyroid cancer.

Trait IVW Egger WM PWM
OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value Int P OR (95% CI) P-value OR (95% CI) P-value
Thyroid cancer 2.00 (1.09–3.70) 0.039 1.71 (0.23–12.72) 0.60 0.87 1.88 (1.04–3.39) 0.037 1.50 (0.83–2.73) 0.18
Benign nodular thyroid disease 4.96 (2.46–9.99) 2.59 × 10−4 1.46 (0.16–13.43) 0.74 0.27 3.84 (2.27–6.49) 5.54 × 10−7 5.44 (2.90–10.21) 1.37 × 10−7

Beta coefficients and P values for the inverse variant weighted (IVW), Egger, weighted median (WM) and penalised weighted median (PWM) analyses are displayed. Int P represents the P-intercept of Egger analysis, which is a measure of horizontal pleiotropy. s.e. are displayed in parentheses.