Research Article

Investigating Causal Relations between Genetic-Related Intermediate Endophenotype and Risk of Chronic Prostatitis: Mendelian Randomization Study

Table 3

Mendelian randomization to estimate the values of causal effect of complement C4 on chronic prostatitis (CP).

Exposure (indicators)Outcome (CP) shared SNPStatistical method valueSE value valueOR valueCI value

Complement C45MR-Egger0.192~6.940
Weighted median (WM)0.452~2.520
Inverse-variance weighted (IVW)0.438~2.468
Simple mode (SM)0.457~3.201
Weighted mode (WM)0.470~3.122