Table 3 MR estimates from different methods of assessing the causal effect of VT on classical lipids.

From: A bidirectional Mendelian randomized study of classical blood lipids and venous thrombosis

Exposure-outcome

No. of SNP

IVW

Weighted median

Weighted mode

Simple mode

MR-Egger

Beta (95%CI)

OR (95%CI)

P value

Cochran Q statistics (df)

Q-P value

Beta (95%CI)

P value

Beta (95%CI)

P value

Beta (95%CI)

P value

Beta (95%CI)

P value

Intercept (Se)

P value

Cochran Q statistics (df)

Q-P value

DVT-LDL

3

0.872 (− 1.631, 3.376)

2.392 (0.195, 29.261)

0.494

0.116 (2)

0.943

0.859 (− 1.864, 3.582)

0.536

0.833 (− 2.404, 4.072)

0.663

0.741 (− 2.432, 3.915)

0.692

2.854 (− 11.740, 17.449)

0.766

0.023

0.831

0.043 (1)

0.834

DVT-HDL

3

0.183 (− 2.546, 2.913)

1.201 (0.078,18.428)

0.895

2.754 (2)

0.252

0.585 (− 2.268, 3.440)

0.687

1.117 (− 1.855, 4.090)

0.538

0.407 (− 3.695, 4.510)

0.863

10.277 (− 3.234, 23.789)

0.376

0.021

0.377

0.545 (1)

0.460

DVT-TG

3

1.482 (− 0.759, 3.724)

4.404 (0.467, 41.449)

0.194

0.807 (2)

0.667

1.645 (− 0.973, 4.264)

0.218

1.766 (− 1.323, 4.856)

0.379

1.913 (− 1.225, 5.052)

0.354

6.872 (− 6.289, 20.035)

0.492

0.021

0.564

0.143 (1)

0.704

PE-LDL

2

14.365 (− 28.58, 57.32)

173 (3.83e−13, 7.83e + 24)

0.512

40.648(1)

1.82e−10

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

PE-HDL

2

− 3.516 (− 22.19, 15.16)

0.0297 (2.29e−10,384)

0.712

10.8 (1)

0.001

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

PE-TG

2

4.796 (− 0.656, 10.25)

121.1 (0.518, 28,289)

0.084

0.350 (1)

0.554

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  1. Se standard error, SNP single nucleotide polymorphism, MR Mendelian randomization, IVW inverse variance weighting, VT venous thromboembolism, PE pulmonary embolism, DVT deep venous thrombosis, LDL low density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, TG triglyceride, CI confidence interval.