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. 2022 Oct 17;5:1098. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-04070-9

Fig. 6. Bi-directional Mendelian randomization estimates of the association between asthma, BMI, and obesity-related biomarkers in children and adults.

Fig. 6

The MR panel shows the effects of obesity-related biomarkers (exposures) on risk of BMI and asthma (outcomes) in children and adults. The reverse MR panel shows the effects of BMI and asthma on obesity-related biomarkers (reverse-directional MR analysis). Different Mendelian randomization methods are displayed in different line types. For the binary exposures (childhood and adult asthma in the reverse MR analysis), MR estimates here are only used to evaluate evidence for causality and the consistency of direction of effect. The interpretation of effect sizes for binary exposures needs more caution.