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. 2020 Nov 11;78(2):1–10. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.3554

Table 1. Single-Variable MR Results of Prescription Opioid and Nonopioid Pain Medication Use on Risk of MDD and ASRDa,b.

Exposure Method MDD ASRD
N SNV OR (95% CI) P value N SNV OR (95% CI) P value
Opioid use IVW 26 1.14 (1.06-1.22) <.001 23 1.24 (1.07-1.44) .004
Weighted median 26 1.18 (1.07-1.30) <.001 23 1.22 (1.00-1.49) .05
MR Egger 26 1.17 (0.92-1.47) .21 23 1.26 (0.78-2.02) .36
Salicylic acid use IVW 27 1.07 (0.98-1.18) .15 21 1.18 (1.00-1.40) .05
Weighted median 27 1.04 (0.92-1.18) .52 21 1.14 (0.91-1.44) .25
MR Egger 27 0.83 (0.66-1.04) .12 21 0.92 (0.56-1.52) .75
Anilide use IVW 29 1.14 (1.01-1.27) .03 34 1.01 (0.82-1.25) .93
Weighted median 29 1.14 (0.97-1.34) .10 34 0.96 (0.70-1.30) .77
MR Egger 29 1.05 (0.67-1.64) .82 34 0.85 (0.37-1.94) .70
NSAID use IVW 29 1.12 (1.02-1.23) .02 29 1.29 (1.06-1.56) .01
Weighted median 29 1.20 (1.05-1.37) .008 29 1.13 (0.86-1.47) .38
MR Egger 29 1.11 (0.78-1.58) .56 29 1.18 (0.52-2.68) .70

Abbreviations: ASRD, anxiety and stress-related disorder; GWAS, genome-wide association studies; IVW, inverse variance weighted; MDD, major depression or major depressive disorder (depending on study); MR, mendelian randomization; N SNVs, number of genetic instruments; NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; OR, odds ratio; SNV, single-nucleotide variant; SVMR, single-variable mendelian randomization.

a

Results from 2-sample SVMR analysis; main analysis method: outliers identified by MR PRESSO tool, removed; estimated associations reported as OR of outcome per unit increase in log odds of pain medication use.

b

Genetic instruments selected from opioid and nonopioid pain medication use GWASs, selection threshold P less than 5 × 10−6, pruned at linkage disequilibrium R2 less than .001 (10 000 kilobase pair window); N SNV differs across outcomes depending on number of genetic instruments found in outcome GWASs.