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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Jun 16;107(7):e2952–e2961. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac171

Table 2. Estimates of the association between CHD and CHD risk factors and genetically determined reproductive aging.

CHD
beta (95% CI)
Total cholesterol
beta (95% CI)
LDL cholesterol
beta (95% CI)
Systolic blood pressure
beta (95% CI)
Diastolic blood pressure
beta (95% CI)
Body mass index
beta (95% CI)
Simple median 0.064
(-0.104 to 0.232)
0.000
(-0.005 to 0.005)
0.004
(-0.002 to 0.009)
-0.006
(-0.030 to 0.019)
0.018
(-0.022 to 0.058)
-0.385
(-0.658 to -0.112)
Weighted median 0.057
(-0.100 to 0.231)
-0.005
(-0.009 to 0.001)
0.000
(-0.004 to 0.004)
-0.013
(-0.036 to 0.009)
-0.008
(-0.043 to 0.028)
-0.114
(-0.379 to 0.151)
IVW 0.063
(-0.050 to 0.176)
-0.002
(-0.006 to 0.002)
0.003
(-0.001 to 0.006)
0.015
(-0.018 to 0.049)
0.023
(-0.031 to 0.077)
-0.069
(-0.294 to 0.156)
MR-Egger -0.005
(-0.260 to 0.251)
-0.007
(-0.013 to 0.000)
0.001
(-0.005 to 0.008)
-0.004
(-0.112 to 0.104)
-0.060
(-0.237 to 0.117)
0.418
(-0.116 to 0.953)

We used the sex-combined genome-wide association study summary statistics for the exposure because sex-specific summary statistics were not available. The outcome at natural menopause is only available in women, so the outcome variants are in women only.

Abbreviations: CHD, coronary heart disease; IVW, inverse-variance weighted; MR, Mendelian randomization; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.