Research Article

Diet-Derived Circulating Antioxidants and Risk of Stroke: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Table 3

The estimations of heterogeneity and horizontal pleiotropy for MR results.

OutcomesExposuresIVWMR-EggerMR-PRESSO
-statistic value-statistic valueEgger intercept value for global test

StrokeVit. C (ascorbate)30.8330.260.008 (-0.033-0.049)
Vit. E (α-tocopherol)5.902.050.014 (-0.034-0.062)
Vit. E (γ-tocopherol)6.566.48-0.005 (-0.042-0.033)
Carotene19.2419.00-0.004 (-0.023-0.016)
Vit. A (retinol)8.076.97-0.012 (-0.037-0.012)
Zinc5.442.150.022 (-0.002-0.045)
Selenium2.792.38-0.006 (-0.024-0.012)
Ischemic strokeVit. C (ascorbate)33.5032.950.008 (-0.037-0.053)
Vit. E (α-tocopherol)4.744.620.007 (-0.040-0.053)
Vit. E (γ-tocopherol)5.315.31-0.001 (-0.037-0.036)
Carotene12.8012.63-0.003 (-0.021-0.015)
Vit. A (retinol)9.058.40-0.010 (-0.039-0.019)
Zinc5.632.310.024 (-0.002-0.049)
Selenium2.051.93-0.003 (-0.022-0.016)

Vit: vitamin; MR: Mendelian randomization; IVW: inverse-variance weighted.