Table 1 Sensitivity analysis results of serum metabolites on sepsis and sepsis mortality within 28 days by MR-PRESSO, Cochrane’s Q test, and MR-Egger methods.

From: Mendelian randomization analysis reveals causal associations of serum metabolites with sepsis and 28-day mortality

Outcome

Metabolite

Super-pathway

PGlobal_test

PHeterogeneity

PIntercept

Sepsis

glucose

Carbohydrate

0.628

0.647

0.295

heptanoate (7:0)

Lipid

0.627

0.579

0.934

androsterone sulfate

Lipid

0.894

0.880

0.634

propionylcarnitine

Lipid

0.400

0.383

0.718

1-oleoylglycerophosphoethanolamine

Lipid

0.961

0.954

0.977

X-14205-alpha-glutamyltyrosine

Peptide

0.837

0.807

0.678

X-11787

Unknown

0.658

0.623

0.898

X-12063

Unknown

0.725

0.644

0.275

X-13435

Unknown

0.832

0.823

0.656

salicylate

Xenobiotics

0.569

0.483

0.965

saccharin

Xenobiotics

0.859

0.813

0.594

metoprolol acid metabolite*

Xenobiotics

0.791

0.782

0.659

Sepsis (28 day death)

cotinine

Xenobiotics

0.579

0.541

0.466

methionine

Amino acid

0.926

0.915

0.874

4-acetamidobutanoate

Amino acid

0.423

0.393

0.527

cysteine-glutathione disulfide

Amino acid

0.907

0.908

0.512

3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)propionate

Amino acid

0.063

0.041

0.830

glycocholate

Lipid

0.939

0.927

0.517

taurochenodeoxycholate

Lipid

0.719

0.662

0.489

3-carboxy-4-methyl-5-propyl-2-furanpropanoate (CMPF)

Lipid

0.817

0.746

0.759

1-stearoylglycerophosphocholine

Lipid

0.855

0.826

0.475

X-13183-stearamide

Lipid

0.657

0.639

0.436

aspartylphenylalanine

Peptide

0.133

0.085

0.419

gamma-glutamylphenylalanine

Peptide

0.400

0.405

0.871

gamma-glutamylglutamate

Peptide

0.687

0.590

0.491

X-11529

Unknown

0.576

0.420

0.170

X-11538

Unknown

0.949

0.932

0.988

X-11550

Unknown

0.306

0.278

0.194

X-12465

Unknown

0.927

0.912

0.274

X-13549

Unknown

0.189

0.179

0.534