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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2022 Jan 4;79(3):588–598. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.18617

Table 1. Mendelian randomization estimates for effect of body mass index (BMI), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), systolic blood pressure (SBP), low density.

Method SNPs OR LCI 95% UCI 95% p-val
BMI (1-SD kg/m2 ↑) IVW 545 1.67 1.44 1.94 7.45 x10-12
Weighted median 1.72 1.38 2.14 1.94 x10-6
MR Egger 1.69 1.15 2.48 0.01
MR-PRESSO 1.67 1.44 1.94 2.02 x10-11
T2DM (log OR ↑) IVW 184 1.11 1.04 1.19 1.19 x10-3
Weighted median 1.13 1.02 1.25 0.03
MR Egger 1.17 1.02 1.35 0.03
MR-PRESSO 1.11 1.04 1.19 1.42 x10-3
SBP (1-SD mmHg ↑) IVW 218 1.90 1.45 2.49 3.23 x10-6
Weighted median 2.27 1.62 3.16 1.49 x10-6
MR Egger 4.10 1.74 9.63 1.21 x10-3
MR-PRESSO 2.14 1.65 2.77 3.00 x10-8
LDL-C (1-SD mg/dL ↑) IVW 153 0.99 0.83 1.18 0.89
Weighted median 0.96 0.76 1.21 0.73
MR Egger 1.20 0.93 1.56 0.16
MR-PRESSO 0.99 0.84 1.16 0.85
Smoking (1-SD lifetime smoking ↑) IVW 126 1.03 0.60 1.76 0.91
Weighted median 0.72 0.35 1.48 0.37
MR Egger 0.04 0.00 0.33 3.27 x10-3
MR-PRESSO 1.03 0.61 1.75 0.91
uACR (1-SD mg/g ↑) IVW 57 1.58 0.93 2.70 0.09
Weighted median 1.95 0.93 4.11 0.08
MR Egger 3.55 0.71 17.67 0.12
MR-PRESSO 1.58 0.93 2.70 0.10
eGFR (1-SD ml/ min/ 1.73m2 ↑) IVW 336 1.95 0.70 5.45 0.20
Weighted median 2.94 0.58 14.93 0.19
MR Egger 2.98 0.31 28.63 0.34
MR-PRESSO 1.95 0.70 5.45 0.20

lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), smoking index, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (uACR) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) investigated on the primary outcome of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia.

IVW = inverse variance weighted with mixed random effects, MR-Egger = Mendelian randomization Egger, MR-PRESSO = Mendelian Randomization Pleiotropy RESidual Sum and Outlier, SNP = single nucleotide polymorphism, SD = standard deviation, LCI= lower confidence interval, UCI = upper confidence interval, p-val = p-value