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.