. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Clin Periodontol. 2022 Apr 1;49(6):573–579. doi: 10.1111/jcpe.13620

Table 2.

Heterogeneity of Wald ratios and MR-Egger test for directional pleiotropy

	Heterogeneity
Exposure	Outcome	Q	df	I²	p value
periodontitis	psoriasis	59.1	71	0.20	0.8424
psoriasis	periodontitis	42.3	44	0.04	0.5443
	MR-Egger test for directional pleiotropy
Exposure	Outcome		Intercept	se	p value
periodontitis	psoriasis		−0.0082	0.0079	0.3060
psoriasis	periodontitis		−0.0009	0.0054	0.8680

Q, heterogeneity statistic Q; df, degree of freedom; se, standard error