Research Article

Is Vitamin D Deficiency the Cause or the Effect of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Evidence from Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Analysis

Table 2

MR-PRESSO estimates between vitamin D and systemic lupus erythematosus.

ExposureOutcomeModelRaw estimatesOutlier corrected estimatesDistortion test
nSNPBetaOR (95% CI) valuenSNPBetaOR (95% CI) value value

SLEVitamin DModel 18-0.0080.992 (0.986, 0.998)0.0478NANANANA
SLEVitamin DModel 27-0.0090.991 (0.985, 0.997)0.0417NANANANA
SLE25-Hydroxyvitamin DModel 138-0.0040.996 (0.992, 0.999)0.0436-0.0040.996 (0.992, 0.999)0.0080.747
SLE25-Hydroxyvitamin DModel 233-0.0050.995 (0.991, 0.999)0.01432-0.0060.994 (0.990, 0.998)0.0040.772
Vitamin DSLEModel 153-0.3030.739 (0.419, 1.301)0.29953NANANANA
Vitamin DSLEModel 246-0.270.763 (0.442, 1.319)0.33746NANANANA
25-Hydroxyvitamin DSLEModel 11600.4321.540 (0.811, 2.924)0.188160NANANANA
25-Hydroxyvitamin DSLEModel 21470.4831.621 (0.839, 3.132)0.153147NANANANA

SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; OR: odds ratio; SNP: single-nucleotide polymorphisms.