Table 1 MVMR analysis results of BMI and three candidate confounder traits on educational attainment

From: PheWAS-based clustering of Mendelian Randomisation instruments reveals distinct mechanism-specific causal effects between obesity and educational attainment

Trait

Description

α estimate

SE

P-value

1070

Time spent watching television (TV)

-0.2771

0.0256

4.63E-25

1249

Past tobacco smoking

0.1592

0.0218

7.85E-13

1468_4

Cereal type: Muesli

0.2930

0.0383

7.96E-14

21001

Body mass index (BMI)

-0.0455

0.0106

2.07E-05

  1. α: causal effect estimate.
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