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Table 1 Mendelian randomisation (MR) results of causal effects between gut microbiome and cancer risk (P < 5×10-8)

From: Causal relationship between gut microbiota and cancers: a two-sample Mendelian randomisation study

Gut microbiota (exposure)

Cancer type (outcome)

Consortium

Method

Number of SNPs

β

SE

p-value

OR

95% CI

Correct causal direction

Steiger p-value

Phylum Actinobacteria

Breast cancer

Neale Lab

Wald ratio

1

1.11×10−2

4.66×10−3

1.75×10−2

1.01

1.001–1.020

True

6.36×10−24

Class Actinobacteria

Breast cancer

Neale Lab

Wald ratio

1

1.05×10−2

3.78×10−3

5.62×10−3

1.01

1.003–1.018

True

1.64×10−33

Class Actinobacteria

Breast cancer

UK Biobank

IVW

2

1.21×10−2

5.41×10−3

2.58×10−2

1.01

1.001–1.022

True

2.09×10−17

Class Actinobacteria

Breast cancer

MRC-IEU

Wald ratio

1

6.55×10−3

3.08×10−3

3.32×10−2

1.01

1.000–1.012

True

3.04×10−17

Family Bifidobacteriaceae

Breast cancer

Neale Lab

Wald ratio

1

9.97×10−3

3.60×10−3

5.62×10−3

1.01

1.002–1.017

True

7.79×10−46

Order Bifidobacteriales

Breast cancer

Neale Lab

Wald ratio

1

9.97×10−3

3.60×10−3

5.62×10−3

1.01

1.002–1.017

True

7.79×10−46

Genus Ruminococcaceae UCG013

Breast cancer

Neale Lab

Wald ratio

1

−1.63×10−2

5.70×10−3

4.35×10−3

0.98

0.972–0.994

True

1.12×10−14

Phylum.Actinobacteria

Lung cancer

UK Biobank

Wald ratio

1

5.49×10−3

2.44×10−3

2.42×10−2

1.01

1.000–1.010

True

1.06×10−12

Class Actinobacteria

Lung cancer

UK Biobank

Wald ratio

1

4.23×10−3

1.97×10−3

3.12×10−2

1.00

1.000–1.008

True

7.06×10−18

Genus Tyzzerella3

Lung adenocarcinoma

FINNGEN

Wald ratio

1

1.50

0.51

3.43×10−3

4.49

1.641–12.263

True

3.12×10−4

Genus Tyzzerella3

Colorectal cancer

UK Biobank

Wald ratio

1

−8.05×10−3

2.33×10−3

5.43×10−4

0.99

0.987–0.996

True

2.95×10−7

Genus Ruminococcustorquesgroup

Colorectal cancer

UK Biobank

Wald ratio

1

1.44×10−2

4.58×10−3

1.63×10−3

1.01

1.005–1.023

True

1.01×10−6

Genus Ruminococcustorquesgroup

Prostate cancer

FINNGEN

Wald ratio

1

−1.05

0.37

4.21×10−3

0.35

0.171–0.718

True

5.24×10−7

Family Peptostreptococcaceae

Gastric cancer

FINNGEN

Wald ratio

1

2.53

0.92

6.19×10−3

12.52

2.049–76.43

True

4.21×10−6

Order Gastranaerophilales

Oropharyngeal cancer

Oncoarray oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer

Wald ratio

1

−1.28

0.55

1.92×10−2

0.28

0.094–0.811

True

2.23×10−7

Phylum Actinobacteria

Oral cavity cancer

Oncoarray oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer

Wald ratio

1

−3.17

1.42

2.53×10−2

0.04

0.002–0.676

True

1.52×10−7

Class Actinobacteria

Oral cavity cancer

Oncoarray oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer

Wald ratio

1

−2.03

0.99

3.99×10−2

0.13

0.019–0.910

True

2.01×10−18

  1. OR Odds ratio, SE Standard error, CI Confidence interval