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. 2021 Apr 12;163(1):e40–e48. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002305

Table 3.

Genetic predisposition to pain and risk of major depression disorder: the results from Mendelian randomization analysis.

Methods # SNP OR (95% CI) P P for intercept or heterogeneity # SNP OR (95% CI) P P for intercept or heterogeneity # SNP OR (95% CI) P P for intercept or heterogeneity
Full set Remove SNPs associated with confounding traits Remove palindromic SNPs
Multisite chronic pain on MDD
 IVW 37 1.78 (1.51-2.11) 1.6 × 10 −11 < 0.001 26 1.67 (1.40-1.98) 8.9 × 10 −9 < 0.001 34 1.78 (1.49-2.12) 2.4 × 10 −10 < 0.001
 MR-Egger 37 1.60 (0.68-3.79) 0.28 0.81 26 2.28 (0.88-5.94) 0.19 0.52 34 1.57 (0.65-3.80) 0.32 0.78
 Weighted median 37 1.48 (1.27-1.73) 8.3 × 10 −7 26 1.48 (1.22-1.79) 5.4 × 10 −5 34 1.48 (1.26-1.74) 1.9 × 10 −6
Headache on MDD
 IVW 26 1.55 (1.13-2.10) 0.005 < 0.001 20 1.77 (1.18-2.66) 0.005 < 0.001 23 1.35 (1.06-1.70) 0.01 0.02
 MR-Egger 26 0.77 (0.30-1.98) 0.59 0.14 20 0.59 (0.16-2.16) 0.44 0.10 23 0.77 (0.39-1.53) 0.47 0.11
 Weighted median 26 1.42 (1.07-1.88) 0.01 20 1.77 (1.25-2.49) 0.001 23 1.41 (1.07-1.85) 0.01

CI, confidence interval; IVW, inverse variance-weighted; MDD, major depression disorder; MR, Mendelian randomization; OR, odds ratio.