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Table 1 Sensitivity analysis results for the metabolites identified in primary analysis

From: Investigating causal relationships between exposome and human longevity: a Mendelian randomization analysis

Exposome components

Sample size

Cases

N SNPs

MR-Egger

Weighted median

MR-PRESSO

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Disease

 Atrial fibrillation and flutter

361194

6356

25

0.92 (0.82, 1.03)

0.148

0.93 (0.87, 1.00)

0.062

0.91 (0.49, 1.7)

1.53 × 10−04

 Coronary atherosclerosis

361194

14334

26

0.64 (0.5, 0.82)

3.69 × 10−04

0.73 (0.65, 0.83)

7.61 × 10−07

0.77 (0.43, 1.35)

1.07 × 10−05

 Cardiac arrhythmias, COPD co-morbidities

361194

8801

20

0.93 (0.79, 1.09)

0.349

0.9 (0.81, 0.99)

0.032

0.86 (0.47, 1.57)

6.77 × 10−05

 Ischemic heart disease

361194

20857

30

0.53 (0.28, 1.03)

0.061

0.70 (0.60, 0.80)

8.07 × 10−07

0.66 (0.11, 3.99)

0.006

 Angina (self-reported)

361141

11370

13

0.56 (0.37, 0.84)

0.005

0.75 (0.64, 0.89)

6.88 × 10−04

0.72 (0.24, 2.14)

2.19 × 10−04

 Angina (diagnosed)

360420

11372

14

0.54 (0.36, 0.81)

0.003

0.75 (0.63, 0.89)

0.001

0.73 (0.27, 2)

1.58 × 10−04

 Hypertension (self-reported)

361141

93560

166

0.77 (0.58, 1.03)

0.076

0.69 (0.61, 0.78)

4.23 × 10−09

0.68 (0.64, 0.72)

3.30 × 10−14

 Hypertension (diagnosed)

360420

97139

175

0.74 (0.56, 0.98)

0.037

0.7 (0.62, 0.78)

1.93 × 10−09

0.7 (0.66, 0.75)

2.41 × 10−12

 Diseases of the circulatory system

361194

60504

9

0.24 (0.09, 0.65)

0.005

0.42 (0.28, 0.63)

3.48 × 10−05

0.43 (0.23, 0.8)

5.52 × 10−04

 High cholesterol (self-reported)

361141

43957

58

0.73 (0.57, 0.93)

0.010

0.83 (0.73, 0.94)

0.005

0.81 (0.59, 1.1)

5.80 × 10−04

 Diabetes (self-reported)

361141

14114

43

0.92 (0.78, 1.08)

0.311

0.9 (0.82, 0.99)

0.030

0.85 (0.56, 1.29)

2.48 × 10−05

 Diabetes (diagnosed)

360192

17275

55

0.99 (0.85, 1.15)

0.856

0.91 (0.83, 1)

0.052

0.86 (0.62, 1.21)

3.51 × 10−05

 Malignant neoplasm of prostate

361194

6321

24

0.99 (0.85, 1.15)

0.891

0.88 (0.81, 0.95)

6.72 × 10−04

0.91 (0.29, 2.84)

0.004

 Venous thromboembolism

361194

4620

10

0.95 (0.87, 1.04)

0.276

0.92 (0.87, 0.98)

0.009

0.92 (0.16, 5.36)

0.015

 DVT of lower extremities

361194

2116

7

0.96 (0.9, 1.02)

0.201

0.95 (0.91, 0.99)

0.024

0.94 (0.06, 15.71)

0.022

 DVT of lower extremities and pulmonary embolism

361194

4319

11

0.95 (0.87, 1.04)

0.239

0.93 (0.88, 0.99)

0.017

0.92 (0.17, 4.99)

0.011

 No vascular/heart problems

360420

253565

170

1.36 (1.01, 1.82)

0.045

1.48 (1.31, 1.69)

1.20 × 10−09

1.55 (1.47, 1.64)

3.98 × 10−16

Physical measures

 Systolic blood pressure

340159

-

203

0.49 (0.25, 0.97)

0.041

0.54 (0.41, 0.71)

1.00 × 10−05

0.55 (0.44, 0.68)

1.17 × 10−07

 Diastolic blood pressure

340162

-

178

0.77 (0.37, 1.59)

0.478

0.55 (0.42, 0.72)

1.38 × 10−05

0.56 (0.46, 0.69)

1.20 × 10−07

 Arm fat mass (right)

354736

-

283

0.58 (0.39, 0.87)

0.009

0.6 (0.48, 0.74)

4.47 × 10−06

0.76 (0.66, 0.88)

1.55 × 10−04

 Arm fat percentage (left)

354707

-

267

0.57 (0.3, 1.08)

0.087

0.53 (0.39, 0.72)

4.83 × 10−05

0.67 (0.54, 0.82)

1.28 × 10−04

 Arm fat percentage (right)

354760

-

265

0.62 (0.32, 1.18)

0.144

0.52 (0.38, 0.71)

3.85 × 10−05

0.65 (0.53, 0.8)

4.02 × 10−05

 Leg fat mass (right)

354807

-

287

0.46 (0.28, 0.78)

0.004

0.58 (0.44, 0.77)

1.55 × 10−04

0.67 (0.57, 0.8)

5.95 × 10−06

 Leg fat mass (left)

354788

-

287

0.4 (0.24, 0.69)

0.001

0.54 (0.41, 0.72)

2.60 × 10−05

0.66 (0.55, 0.78)

4.06 × 10−06

 Leg fat percentage (right)

354811

-

267

0.44 (0.13, 1.53)

0.196

0.42 (0.29, 0.61)

7.54 × 10−06

0.58 (0.42, 0.82)

0.002

 Leg fat percentage (left)

354791

-

270

0.4 (0.12, 1.36)

0.142

0.4 (0.28, 0.58)

1.46 × 10−06

0.61 (0.44, 0.85)

0.003

 Trunk fat mass

354597

-

298

0.67 (0.44, 1.03)

0.068

0.68 (0.55, 0.83)

1.91 × 10−04

0.77 (0.67, 0.89)

2.71 × 10−04

 Whole body fat mass

354244

-

300

0.55 (0.37, 0.84)

0.006

0.61 (0.49, 0.76)

9.41 × 10−06

0.71 (0.62, 0.81)

1.19 × 10−06

 Waist circumference

360564

-

252

0.73 (0.41, 1.32)

0.302

0.62 (0.46, 0.82)

7.92 × 10−04

0.73 (0.61, 0.88)

0.001

 Body mass index: by impedance measurement

354831

-

260

0.64 (0.4, 1.04)

0.075

0.62 (0.49, 0.78)

6.76 × 10−05

0.73 (0.62, 0.86)

1.70 × 10−04

 Body mass index: by height and weight measurement

359983

-

260

0.67 (0.42, 1.08)

0.104

0.63 (0.49, 0.79)

8.47 × 10−05

0.76 (0.65, 0.89)

9.52 × 10−04

Family History

 Father with AD/dementia

312666

15022

3

0.38 (0.13, 1.07)

0.068

0.39 (0.34, 0.44)

2.59 × 10−50

-

-

 Mather with AD/dementia

331041

28507

5

0.41 (0.23, 0.72)

0.002

0.45 (0.39, 0.51)

1.14 × 10−33

0.46 (0.26, 0.81)

5.88 × 10−04

 Father with heart disease

318570

104110

19

0.29 (0.11, 0.77)

0.013

0.49 (0.34, 0.71)

1.46 × 10−04

0.48 (0.29, 0.79)

9.74 × 10−04

 Siblings with heart disease

280784

28696

3

0.33 (0.03, 4.21)

0.391

0.44 (0.28, 0.68)

2.59 × 10−04

-

-

 Siblings with high blood pressure

281619

58495

15

0.37 (0.06, 2.38)

0.296

0.72 (0.48, 1.07)

0.101

0.57 (0.26, 1.23)

0.006

 Siblings with none of group 1 disease*

281979

190969

5

34.04 (0.24, 4912.96)

0.164

3.3 (1.62, 6.73)

9.92 × 10−04

3.27 (0.89, 12.04)

0.023

Medication

 Aspirin

361141

48081

6

0.17 (0.04, 0.85)

0.031

0.34 (0.22, 0.52)

9.03 × 10−07

0.35 (0.15, 0.84)

0.001

 Atorvastatin

361141

10805

18

0.48 (0.23, 0.99)

0.048

0.74 (0.65, 0.84)

4.67 × 10−06

0.64 (0.02, 18.99)

0.006

 Amlodipine

361141

14588

18

0.63 (0.33, 1.22)

0.173

0.68 (0.57, 0.82)

3.08 × 10−05

0.71 (0.24, 2.06)

3.17 × 10−04

 Metformin

361141

8968

31

0.94 (0.81, 1.09)

0.427

0.92 (0.84, 1.01)

0.092

0.89 (0.46, 1.74)

5.03 × 10−04

 Simvastatin

361141

40921

33

0.72 (0.41, 1.27)

0.261

0.74 (0.6, 0.9)

0.003

0.65 (0.36, 1.15)

2.89 × 10−04

 Bendroflumethiazide

361141

20196

32

0.46 (0.27, 0.8)

0.006

0.67 (0.58, 0.78)

2.02 × 10−07

0.7 (0.45, 1.09)

1.00 × 10−06

 Blood pressure medication (females)

193148

33519

76

0.8 (0.59, 1.08)

0.148

0.74 (0.66, 0.83)

1.84 × 10−07

0.72 (0.66, 0.8)

2.49 × 10−10

 Blood pressure medication (males)

165340

40987

56

0.67 (0.45, 1)

0.050

0.73 (0.63, 0.83)

5.22 × 10−06

0.69 (0.62, 0.77)

1.30 × 10−08

 Cholesterol lowering medication (females)

193148

24247

28

0.77 (0.51, 1.15)

0.198

0.81 (0.7, 0.94)

0.006

0.74 (0.48, 1.14)

9.27 × 10−04

 Cholesterol lowering medication (males)

165340

38057

38

0.69 (0.5, 0.95)

0.024

0.81 (0.69, 0.94)

0.007

0.74 (0.59, 0.91)

1.54 × 10−04

 None of medication taken (females)

193148

133338

28

1.26 (0.48, 3.35)

0.641

1.72 (1.34, 2.21)

1.94 × 10−05

1.52 (1.1, 2.1)

0.001

 None of medication taken (males)

165340

110372

49

1.43 (0.85, 2.42)

0.179

1.46 (1.23, 1.74)

2.16 × 10−05

1.53 (1.33, 1.76)

1.56 × 10−06

Early life factors

 Comparative height size at age 10

355331

-

225

0.69 (0.43, 1.1)

0.122

0.81 (0.63, 1.03)

0.088

0.77 (0.65, 0.92)

0.004

Education

 College or University degree

357549

115981

189

1.12 (0.72, 1.74)

0.616

1.29 (1.14, 1.47)

9.95 × 10−05

1.17 (1, 1.36)

0.003

Lifestyle

 Age first had sexual intercourse

317694

-

136

1.65 (0.52, 5.16)

0.394

1.74 (1.28, 2.38)

4.59 × 10−04

1.64 (1.32, 2.05)

2.35 × 10−05

Diet

 Never eat sugar or foods/drinks containing sugar

359777

67292

14

0.18 (0.02, 1.34)

0.093

0.62 (0.42, 0.91)

0.016

0.59 (0.31, 1.11)

0.003

  1. *Group 1: heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, chronic bronchitis/emphysema, Alzheimer's disease/dementia, and diabetes
  2. AD Alzheimer’s disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, CI confidence interval, DVT deep venous thrombosis, MR-PRESSO Mendelian randomization pleiotropy residual sum and outlier, IVW inverse variance weighted method, OR odds ratio, SNP single nucleotide polymorphisms