Table 4 Maternal education levels according to genotype at iron-related SNPs

From: Maternal iron levels early in pregnancy are not associated with offspring IQ score at age 8, findings from a Mendelian randomization study

dbSNP

Gene

Genotype a

<O level (%)

O level (%)

>O level (%)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P-value N

Adjustedb OR (95% CI) P-value N

rs1799945

HFE

GG

30 (22.4)

40 (29.8)

64 (47.8)

0.89 (0.81, 0.98) 0.01 6152

0.89 (0.80, 0.99) 0.03 4535

  

CG

418 (28.3)

540 (36.6)

518 (35.1)

  
  

CC

1378 (30.4)

1600 (35.2)

1564 (34.4)

  

rs1800562

HFE

AA

8 (28.6)

9 (32.1)

11 (39.3)

1.00 (0.88, 1.14) 1.00 6139

0.99 (0.85, 1.15) 0.89 4521

  

GA

259 (32.7)

237 (29.9)

296 (37.4)

  
  

GG

1553 (29.2)

1928 (36.3)

1838 (34.5)

  

rs3811647

TF

GG

803 (30.1)

954 (35.8)

905 (34.0)

1.08 (1.01, 1.16) 0.03 6112

1.10 (1.01, 1.19) 0.03 4517

  

GA

829 (29.9)

971 (35.0)

971 (35.0)

  
  

AA

184 (27.1)

226 (33.3)

269 (39.6)

  

rs4820268

TMPRSS6

AA

506 (30.9)

567 (34.6)

566 (34.5)

1.03 (0.97, 1.10) 0.34 6133

1.03 (0.95, 1.11) 0.45 4533

  

AG

924 (29.0)

1153 (36.1)

1115 (34.9)

  
  

GG

383 (29.4)

453 (34.8)

466 (35.8)

  

rs1799945/rs1800562

HFE

2 risk alleles

81 (28.8)

80 (28.5)

120 (42.7)

0.92 (0.85, 0.99) 0.04 6055

0.91 (0.83, 1.00) 0.05 4465

  

3 risk alleles

581 (29.1)

708 (35.4)

710 (35.5)

  
  

4 risk alleles

1135 (30.1)

1359 (36.0)

1281 (33.9)

  

genotypic score

HFE-TMPRSS6

3 risk alleles

241 (30.6)

249 (31.9)

294 (37.5)

0.99 (0.94, 1.04) 0.61 5974

0.98 (0.92, 1.04) 0.54 4417

  

4 risk alleles

591 (29.5)

724 (36.2)

687 (34.3)

  
  

5 risk alleles

684 (28.8)

872 (36.7)

818 (34.5)

  
  

6 risk alleles

252 (30.9)

279 (34.3)

283 (34.8)

  
  1. aGenotypes are ordered from higher to lower associated iron levels.
  2. bOR obtained using ordered logistic regression of 3-level maternal education and genotype, adjusted by maternal principle component.