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. 2022 Mar 7;11:e70386. doi: 10.7554/eLife.70386

Table 2. Mendelian randomization results for inverse variance weighted, weighted median, weighted mode, and MR-Egger methods.

Direction Vigorous physical activity → BMI Moderate physical activity → BMI Sedentary time → BMI
MR method beta SE p-value N SNPs beta SE p-value N SNPs beta SE p-value N SNPs
IVW –0.17 0.08 0.04 5 –0.24 0.12 0.05 3 0.11 0.08 0.16 5
Weighted median –0.18 0.10 0.08 5 –0.18 0.12 0.13 3 0.10 0.10 0.29 5
Weighted mode –0.19 0.12 0.19 5 –0.14 0.15 0.43 3 0.08 0.14 0.59 5
MR-Egger 1.33 2.21 0.59 5 0.12 0.45 0.84 3 0.49 0.36 0.26 5
Direction BMI → Vigorous physical activity BMI → Moderate physical activity BMI → Sedentary time
IVW –0.07 0.02 0.01 57 –0.06 0.03 0.03 55 0.07 0.03 0.01 57
Weighted mode –0.01 0.06 0.83 57 0.02 0.06 0.68 55 –0.06 0.08 0.46 57
Weighted median –0.04 0.03 0.27 57 0.003 0.04 0.93 55 0.03 0.04 0.48 57
MR-Egger 0.13 0.07 0.06 57 0.16 0.07 0.04 55 –0.02 0.08 0.76 57
BMI, Body mass index (BMI); SE, standard error; N SNPs, number of single nucleotide polymorphism; IVW, inverse variance weighted; CI, 95% confidence interval.

The results display the data according to the goodness-of-fit for the causal or the sharing model. The median q value indicates the proportion of variants with correlated pleiotropy. CI, confidence interval; PA, physical activity; BMI, body mass index; P, P-value.