Table 1 Mendelian randomization of basal metabolic rate (Neale Lab) on father's and mother's attained age (Pilling et al.). CI: confidence interval; GV: genetic variant; IVW: inverse-variance weighting; LL: lower limit; MR: Mendelian randomization; MR-RAPS: Mendelian Randomization Robust Adjusted Profile Score; MR-PRESSO: Mendelian Randomization Pleiotropy Residual Sum and Outlier; SE: standard error; UL: upper limit; WM: weighted median.

From: Effect of basal metabolic rate on lifespan: a sex-specific Mendelian randomization study

Exposure

Outcome

Selection of GVs

No. of GVs

MR method

Beta

Years of life lost

p-value

Cochran's Q

MR-Egger

Outlier detected by MR-PRESSO

Sex difference for years of life lost

Trait

Sex

Trait

Sex

Estimate

SE

95% CI LL

95% CI UL

Estimate

SE

95% CI LL

95% CI UL

 

Statistic

p-value

Intercept

Intercept p-value

I2GX

z statistic

p-value

Men

Basal metabolic rate

Men

Father's attained age

Men

All

178

IVW (random)

0.020

0.009

0.003

0.037

0.46

0.20

0.07

0.85

0.021

360.839

1.14E−14

2.894

0.004

    

All

178

WM

0.022

0.010

0.002

0.042

0.50

0.24

0.04

0.96

0.035

1.946

0.052

    

All

178

MR-Egger

0.004

0.023

–0.041

0.049

0.10

0.52

–0.93

1.12

0.855

359.698

1.07E−14

0.001

0.455

0.826

1.300

0.194

    

All

178

MR-RAPS

0.021

0.006

0.009

0.033

0.47

0.14

0.20

0.75

0.001

4.198

2.70E05

    

All

175

MR–PRESSO (corrected)

0.022

0.008

0.007

0.037

0.50

0.18

0.15

0.85

0.005

rs112875651, rs3184504, rs62396185

2.869

0.004

    

Exclusion of potentially confounded GVs

162

IVW (random)

0.019

0.009

0.001

0.038

0.44

0.22

0.01

0.86

0.044

327.644

1.89E−13

2.739

0.006

    

Exclusion of potentially confounded GVs

162

WM

0.005

0.011

−0.017

0.026

0.11

0.25

−0.39

0.60

0.675

3.330

0.001

    

Exclusion of potentially confounded GVs

162

MR-Egger

−0.007

0.025

−0.057

0.043

−0.16

0.58

−1.30

0.98

0.783

325.157

2.51E−13

0.001

0.269

0.773

1.947

0.052

    

Exclusion of potentially confounded GVs

162

MR-RAPS

0.020

0.007

0.007

0.033

0.45

0.15

0.15

0.75

0.003

3.930

8.49E05

    

Exclusion of potentially confounded GVs

159

MR-PRESSO (corrected)

0.021

0.008

0.005

0.038

0.49

0.19

0.11

0.86

0.012

rs112875651, rs3184504, rs62396185

2.877

0.004

Women

Basal metabolic rate

Women

Mother's attained age

Women

All

180

IVW (random)

0.052

0.009

0.034

0.071

1.36

0.24

0.89

1.82

1.32E08

357.236

5.93E–14

  
    

All

180

WM

0.048

0.011

0.025

0.070

1.23

0.30

0.65

1.82

3.32E05

  
    

All

180

MR-Egger

0.046

0.026

–0.004

0.096

1.19

0.66

–0.10

2.49

0.071

357.092

4.31E–14

0.0002

0.789

0.829

  
    

All

180

MR-RAPS

0.054

0.007

0.041

0.067

1.40

0.17

1.07

1.74

2.22E16

  
    

All

177

MR-PRESSO (corrected)

0.051

0.009

0.034

0.068

1.32

0.22

0.88

1.76

1.77E08

rs10774624, rs2102278, rs9843653

  
    

Exclusion of potentially confounded GVs

161

IVW (random)

0.052

0.010

0.033

0.072

1.35

0.26

0.85

1.86

1.34E07

308.741

1.62E–11

  
    

Exclusion of potentially confounded GVs

161

WM

0.056

0.012

0.032

0.081

1.46

0.32

0.84

2.08

4.40E06

  
    

Exclusion of potentially confounded GVs

161

MR-Egger

0.065

0.029

0.008

0.121

1.67

0.74

0.22

3.13

0.024

308.331

1.27E–11

–0.0004

0.645

0.771

  
    

Exclusion of potentially confounded GVs

161

MR-RAPS

0.054

0.007

0.040

0.068

1.40

0.19

1.03

1.77

7.33E14

  
    

Exclusion of potentially confounded GVs

159

MR-PRESSO (corrected)

0.053

0.009

0.035

0.072

1.38

0.24

0.90

1.86

6.95E08

rs10774624, rs2102278