Table 2 A summary of the sources of the main dataset in the analysis

From: Repurposing drugs for the prevention of vascular dementia using evidence from drug target Mendelian randomization

GWAS

Population

N

Source

 

Exposure

Downstream biomarkers

LDL

EUR

1,88,578

Willer et al., 2013

36

SBP

EUR

7,57,601

Evangelou et al., 2018

37

DBP

EUR

7,57,601

Evangelou et al., 2018

37

CRP

EUR

5,75,531

Said et al., 2022

25

pQTL data

deCODE pQTLs

(4,907 proteins)

EUR

35,559

Ferkingstad et al., 2021

48

UKB-PPP pQTLs

(2,923 proteins)

EUR

54,219

Sun et al., 2023

49

Outcome

VaD

Meta-analysis

EUR

7,008 / 899,672

Supplementary Information

 

FinnGen

EUR

3,116 / 433,066

Kurki et al., 2023

31

MEGAVCID

EUR

3,892 / 466,606

MEGAVCID et al., 2024

30

Neuroimaging features

WMH

EUR

50,559

Sargurupremraj et al., 2020

34

iFA

EUR

31,125

Taylor-Bateman et al., 2022

15

MD

EUR

31,147

Taylor-Bateman et al., 2022

15

LS

EUR

6,030 / 248,929

Traylor et al., 2021

35

Positive controls

CAD

EUR

122,733 / 424,528

van der Harst et al., 2018

38

Stroke

EUR

67,162 / 454,450

Malik et al., 2018

40

Heart failure

EUR

14,262 / 471,898

Sakaue et al., 2021

39

RA

EUR

22,350 / 74,823

Ishigake et al., 2022

41

  1. A list of the main datasets used in this analysis. All are taken from publicly available summary statistics, with the source provided. The number and ethnicity of participants are provided. Full details of each study can be found in the original publications, including the average age and proportion of each sex. Studies were chosen based on the largest available. EUR, European.