Table 1 Results of univariable Mendelian randomization analyses of sex-combined and sex-specific associations between urinary sodium secretion with body mass, shape and composition outcomes.

From: Causal associations between urinary sodium with body mass, shape and composition: a Mendelian randomization study

Outcome

SNPs

N

R2 (%)

F statistic

Inverse-variance weighed method

Weighted median methods

MR-Egger method

Beta (95% CI)

P for beta

Beta (95% CI)

P for beta

Beta (95% CI)

P for beta

P for Egger intercept

Sex-combined

BMI

34

322,154

4.227

579.157

0.392 (0.149, 0.634)

0.002

0.542 (0.287, 0.797)

 < 0.001

− 0.193 (− 1.387, 1.001)

0.751

0.327

HC

35

211,088

4.036

536.146

0.247 (− 0.014, 0.509)

0.064

0.215 (− 0.080, 0.510)

0.153

− 0.286 (− 1.703, 1.131)

0.693

0.453

WC

37

211,088

4.546

574.298

0.508 (0.228, 0.789)

 < 0.001

0.526 (0.231, 0.822)

 < 0.001

− 0.041 (− 1.452, 1.370)

0.954

0.436

WHR

38

211,088

4.703

579.443

0.449 (0.220, 0.677)

 < 0.001

0.511 (0.241, 0.780)

 < 0.001

− 0.072 (− 1.256, 1.111)

0.905

0.379

BMI-adjusted HC

39

211,088

4.953

596.237

− 0.122 (− 0.289, 0.046)

0.154

− 0.102 (− 0.347, 0.144)

0.417

0.305 (− 0.519, 1.130)

0.468

0.300

BMI-adjusted WC

43

211,088

5.565

611.484

0.136 (− 0.045, 0.317)

0.140

0.110 (− 0.115, 0.336)

0.338

0.610 (− 0.266, 1.486)

0.173

0.279

BMI-adjusted WHR

40

211,088

5.089

598.136

0.290 (0.101, 0.478)

0.003

0.310 (0.087, 0.532)

0.006

0.379 (− 0.636, 1.394)

0.464

0.861

BF percentage

41

89,297

5.207

597.795

0.475 (0.208, 0.741)

 < 0.001

0.335 (− 0.008, 0.679)

0.055

0.028 (− 1.309, 1.365)

0.967

0.504

WLM

40

38,292

4.942

579.909

0.639 (− 0.579, 1.857)

0.304

0.831 (− 0.832, 2.495)

0.327

− 3.710 (− 10.054, 2.634)

0.252

0.171

ALM

40

28,330

4.942

579.909

− 0.233 (− 1.008, 0.542)

0.556

0.034 (− 1.017, 1.086)

0.949

− 3.363 (− 7.259, 0.533)

0.091

0.108

Male-specific

BMI

38

152,882

4.731

583.146

0.417 (0.113, 0.720)

0.007

0.610 (0.289, 0.931)

 < 0.001

0.378 (− 1.117, 1.874)

0.620

0.959

HC

37

93,480

4.522

571.095

0.197 (− 0.155, 0.549)

0.272

0.196 (− 0.193, 0.584)

0.323

1.451 (− 0.394, 3.297)

0.123

0.175

WC

35

93,480

4.299

572.741

0.476 (0.157, 0.796)

0.003

0.584 (0.175, 0.993)

0.005

0.646 (− 1.078, 2.370)

0.463

0.844

WHR

38

93,480

4.775

588.810

0.607 (0.315, 0.899)

 < 0.001

0.399 (0.043, 0.755)

0.028

− 1.013 (− 2.499, 0.472)

0.181

0.029

BMI-adjusted HC

38

93,480

4.723

582.123

− 0.396 (− 0.699, − 0.092)

0.011

− 0.252 (− 0.625, 0.120)

0.184

0.727 (− 0.848, 2.303)

0.366

0.155

BMI-adjusted WC

40

93,480

5.133

603.571

0.097 (− 0.135, 0.329)

0.411

0.015 (− 0.313, 0.344)

0.927

0.802 (− 0.382, 1.987)

0.184

0.234

BMI-adjusted WHR

40

93,480

5.133

603.571

0.339 (0.114, 0.564)

0.003

0.230 (− 0.076, 0.536)

0.141

− 0.332 (− 1.489, 0.824)

0.574

0.246

BF percentage

41

44,429

5.207

597.795

0.617 (0.270, 0.963)

 < 0.001

0.134 (− 0.322, 0.590)

0.564

− 0.410 (− 2.117, 1.298)

0.638

0.229

Female-specific

BMI

36

171,963

4.452

577.461

0.571 (0.295, 0.848)

 < 0.001

0.552 (0.243, 0.860)

 < 0.001

0.011 (− 1.421, 1.443)

0.988

0.434

HC

37

116,742

4.669

590.581

0.455 (0.157, 0.752)

0.003

0.492 (0.168, 0.815)

0.003

0.747 (− 0.877, 2.371)

0.367

0.720

WC

33

116,742

4.249

600.039

0.480 (0.190, 0.769)

0.001

0.46 (0.125, 0.795)

0.007

− 0.030 (− 1.558, 1.498)

0.969

0.505

WHR

37

116,742

4.602

581.688

0.395 (0.115, 0.676)

0.006

0.501 (0.196, 0.805)

0.001

0.742 (− 0.825, 2.309)

0.353

0.659

BMI-adjusted HC

38

116,742

4.822

594.864

− 0.032 (− 0.239, 0.176)

0.766

− 0.096 (− 0.384, 0.192)

0.514

0.597 (− 0.488, 1.681)

0.281

0.248

BMI-adjusted WC

40

116,742

5.212

613.340

0.190 (− 0.027, 0.406)

0.085

0.288 (− 0.001, 0.576)

0.050

0.528 (− 0.585, 1.642)

0.352

0.544

BMI-adjusted WHR

38

116,742

4.659

573.819

0.249 (0.027, 0.472)

0.028

0.264 (− 0.028, 0.556)

0.076

1.057 (− 0.185, 2.298)

0.095

0.196

BF percentage

42

45,525

5.319

596.862

0.348 (0.027, 0.669)

0.034

0.414 (− 0.010, 0.838)

0.056

0.724 (− 0.882, 2.330)

0.377

0.639

  1. BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, HC hip circumference, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, BF body fat, ALM appendicular lean mass, WLM whole body lean mass, SNP single nucleotide polymorphism, R2 (%) the percentage of exposure variance explained by SNPs, 95% CI 95% confidence interval.