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. 2021 Jul 6;10:e64188. doi: 10.7554/eLife.64188

Table 2. Causal association of cigarettes per day and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) expression.

Organ/tissue Method N of IVs Beta SE p p*
Brain – hypothalamus Inverse-variance weighted 48 1.789 0.730 0.014 0.959
MR-Egger 48 0.041 1.920 0.983 0.310
Weighted median 48 2.182 1.347 0.105
MR-PRESSO 48 1.789 0.730 0.018 0.964
Colon – sigmoid Inverse-variance weighted 47 −0.832 0.439 0.058 0.652
MR-Egger 47 −1.971 0.807 0.019 0.092
Weighted median 47 −1.182 0.747 0.114
MR-PRESSO 47 −0.832 0.439 0.064 0.701
Liver Inverse-variance weighted 47 1.216 0.468 0.009 0.807
MR-Egger 47 1.132 0.922 0.226 0.913
Weighted median 47 1.058 0.850 0.213
MR-PRESSO 47 1.216 0.468 0.012 0.843
Ovary Inverse-variance weighted 48 1.545 0.693 0.026 0.837
MR-Egger 48 1.658 1.745 0.347 0.943
Weighted median 48 2.545 1.217 0.037
MR-PRESSO 48 1.545 0.693 0.031 0.844
Thyroid Inverse-variance weighted 47 1.468 0.392 1.8×10−4 0.604
MR-Egger 47 1.739 0.907 0.062 0.739
Weighted median 47 1.435 0.641 0.025
MR-PRESSO 47 1.468 0.392 5.0×10−4 0.670
Vagina Inverse-variance weighted 48 −1.150 0.688 0.094 0.055
MR-Egger 48 −3.271 1.574 0.043 0.142
Weighted median 48 −2.644 0.916 0.004
MR-PRESSO 48 −1.150 0.688 0.101 0.057

*p indicates p-value of heterogenous from inverse-variance weighted (IVW) approach, or p-value of intercept from MR-Egger regression, or p-value from Mendelian randomization pleiotropy residual sum and outlier (MR-PRESSO) global test.