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Abstract
Keywords:
Introduction
Methods
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- SNPs must be associated with exposure at GWAS significance level (P < 5e-8).
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- The degree of linkage disequilibrium between SNPs must not exceed r2>0.05.
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- SNPs must not show pleiotropic effect (i.e., Exposure ← SNP → Outcome). For this purpose, pleiotropic SNPs were excluded using HEIDI test (P<0.01) implemented in GSRM algorithm.
Results
Paracetamol and Affective Traits
Levothyroxine and Cardiometabolic Traits
Discussion
Supplementary Materials
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| Trait | Source | Mendelian randomization | Genetic correlation | |||||
| Beta | SE | P | NSNPs | rg | SE | P | ||
| Depressed affect | PMID: 29942085 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.2E-13 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.03 | 1.5E-82 |
| Worry feelings | PMID: 29942085 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 4.0E-20 | 15 | 0.3 | 0.02 | 1.2E-31 |
| Mood swings | UKBB | 0.7 | 0.1 | 6.9E-29 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.02 | 6.1E-100 |
| Fed-up feelings | UKBB | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.8E-24 | 15 | 0.5 | 0.03 | 4.9E-87 |
| Neuroticism score | UKBB | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.3E-14 | 11 | 0.4 | 0.02 | 1.4E-69 |
| Frequency of tenseness / restlessness in last 2 weeks | UKBB | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.1E-20 | 14 | 0.4 | 0.03 | 1.1E-55 |
| Alcohol intake frequency | UKBB | 1.7 | 0.2 | 1.0E-22 | 14 | 0.3 | 0.02 | 1.8E-62 |
| Gene information | Mendelian randomization | |||||
| Chr | bp | Symbol | B | SE | P | NSNP |
| 6 | 30885127 | VARS2 | 0.011a | 0.002 | 2.5E-10 | 18 |
| 0.016b | 0.002 | 1.1E-11 | 21 | |||
| 6 | 31635566 | CSNK2B | -0.026 | 0.005 | 4.6E-08 | 5 |
| -0.038 | 0.007 | 2.8E-08 | 8 | |||
| 17 | 43711638 | CRHR1-IT1 | 0.007 | 0.001 | 2.9E-09 | 35 |
| 0.008 | 0.001 | 4.6E-09 | 31 | |||
| 17 | 44272515 | KANSL1-AS1 | 0.005 | 0.001 | 6.5E-10 | 27 |
| 0.004 | 0.001 | 1.8E-08 | 36 | |||
| 17 | 44337444 | RP11-259G18.3 | 0.009 | 0.002 | 4.2E-08 | 13 |
| 0.005 | 0.001 | 3.4E-09 | 35 | |||
| 17 | 44610946 | LRRC37A2 | 0.005 | 0.001 | 9.1E-10 | 26 |
| 0.005 | 0.001 | 4.1E-08 | 32 | |||
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