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Table 2 MR estimates of associations between 3 types of exposure and MAFLD risk

From: Associations between body circumference and testosterone levels and risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: a mendelian randomization study

Exposure

Number of SNPs

MR methods

outcome

OR(95%CI)

p-value

Waist circumference

180

MR Egger

MAFLD

1.74 (0.42,7.22)

0.447

WME

3.88 (1.81,8.29)

< 0.001

IVW

3.53 (2.23,5.57)

< 0.001

Simple mode

3.42 (0.57,20.42)

0.179

Weighted mode

3.58 (1.05,12.16)

0.043

Waist-to-hip ratio

29

MR Egger

1.38 (0.04,44.83)

0.858

WME

1.87 (0.69,5.12)

0.22

IVW

2.29 (1.12,4.66)

0.022

Simple mode

2.56 (0.39,16.62)

0.333

Weighted mode

2.39 (0.495,11.49)

0.288

Testosterone level

135

MR Egger

1.67 (0.77,3.62)

0.199

WME

1.71 (0.86,3.41)

0.125

IVW

1.93 (1.30,2.87)

0.001

Simple mode

2.32 (0.59,9.09)

0.227

Weighted mode

1.58 (0.80,3.14)

0.192

  1. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval.