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. 2021 Oct 28;4:1230. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02685-y

Table 5.

Single variable and multivariable MR results of the genetic liability of alcohol, cannabis and lifetime smoking exposures on pneumonia risk.

Outcome Exposure Single-variable MR Multivariable MR
N SNPs OR 95% CI Lower 95% CI Upper P-value N SNPs OR 95% CI Lower 95% CI Upper P-value
Bacterial pneumonia
Tobacco smoking 117 2.22 1.57 3.15 7.32E06 138 2.14 1.42 3.24 2.84E04
Cannabis Use 36 1.05 0.96 1.15 0.268 142 0.97 0.84 1.12 0.685
CUD 27 1.05 0.98 1.13 0.145 138 1.02 0.93 1.12 0.648
Drinks Per Week 33 1.17 0.72 1.89 0.530 142 1.19 0.78 1.83 0.416
AUD 11 1.04 0.95 1.14 0.426 138 1.01 0.93 1.08 0.892
All Pneumoniae
Tobacco smoking 115 1.52 1.22 1.88 1.34E04 134 1.46 1.15 1.85 0.002
Cannabis Use 34 1.01 0.96 1.06 0.833 136 1.03 0.95 1.12 0.439
CUD 27 1.05 1.01 1.09 0.014 134 0.98 0.94 1.04 0.544
Drinks Per Week 31 0.97 0.76 1.24 0.814 136 0.96 0.75 1.23 0.750
AUD 11 1.05 1.00 1.11 0.056 134 1.01 0.97 1.05 0.625
Viral Pneumonia
Tobacco smoking 117 1.66 0.53 5.17 0.386 138 1.70 0.44 6.52 0.443
Cannabis Use 36 1.07 0.81 1.41 0.638 142 1.34 0.84 2.15 0.221
CUD 27 1.00 0.78 1.28 0.993 138 0.90 0.67 1.20 0.479
Drinks Per Week 33 2.24 0.60 8.43 0.232 142 1.27 0.32 5.04 0.736
AUD 11 1.13 0.85 1.51 0.409 138 1.09 0.85 1.39 0.501

Notes: Results from two sample SVMR inverse-variance weighted MR analysis; outliers identified by MR PRESSO global test and, for MVMR, MV MR Lasso penalization were removed; estimated associations reported as odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals. Boldface indicates statistical significance after correction for multiple comparisons (P < 0.000714). Genetic instruments selected from 5 GWASs, selection threshold P < 5 × 10−8 or P < 5 × 10−6 (CUD and AUD), clumped at linkage disequilibrium (LD) r2 = .001 (10 000 kilobase pair window); N SNPs differs across outcomes depending on number of genetic instruments found in outcome GWASs. CUD cannabis use disorder, AUD alcohol use disorder, MR Mendelian randomization, GWAS genome wide association study, N SNPs number of single-nucleotide polymorphism (genetic instruments), OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.