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Table 1 Sensitivity analyses of serum iron biomarkers in 2014 datasets with epigenetic aging accelerations

From: Effects of iron homeostasis on epigenetic age acceleration: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

Exposure

Outcome

Weighted median

MR-egger regression

Heterogeneitya

MR-PRESSO outlier detectb

Pleiotropyc

Beta (95% CI)

P value

Beta (95% CI)

P value

Beta (95% CI)

P Value

Ferritin

Grim

0.76 (0.23, 1.29)

4.82E− 03

0.76 (− 0.33, 1.85)

3.04E−01

I2 = 39.6%; Cochrane Q = 5; P = 0.174

No significant outliers

Intercept = -0.031; P = 0.603

Ferritin

Hannum

0.82 (0.33, 1.31)

1.04E−03

0.83 (− 0.25, 1.91)

3.74E−01

I2 = 0%; Cochrane Q = 2; P = 0.380

No significant outliers

Intercept = -0.018; P = 0.812

Ferritin

IE

0.75 (0.27, 1.24)

2.29E−03

0.98 (0.14, 1.82)

1.51E−01

I2 = 1.6%; Cochrane Q = 3; P = 0.384

No significant outliers

Intercept = -0.028; P = 0.554

Ferritin

Pheno

0.80 (0.18, 1.41)

1.18E−02

0.77 (− 0.43, 1.97)

3.34E−01

I2 = 6.7%; Cochrane Q = 3; P = 0.360

No significant outliers

Intercept = 0.014; P = 0.820

Iron

Grim

0.30 (0.06, 0.55)

1.33E−02

0.49 (0.09, 0.90)

9.77E−02

I2 = 14.5%; Cochrane Q = 5; P = 0.322

No significant outliers

Intercept = -0.045; P = 0.309

Iron

Hannum

0.31 (0.08, 0.53)

8.00E−03

0.54 (0.06, 1.01)

1.15E−01

I2 = 32.1%; Cochrane Q = 6; P = 0.208

No significant outliers

Intercept = -0.043; P = 0.396

Iron

IE

0.27 (0.02, 0.51)

3.16E−02

0.65 (0.25, 1.06)

5.09E−02

I2 = 0%; Cochrane Q = 3; P = 0.480

No significant outliers

Intercept = -0.064; P = 0.180

Iron

Pheno

0.55 (0.24, 0.85)

4.81E−04

0.60 (− 0.40, 1.6)

3.24E−01

I2 = 66.5%; Cochrane Q = 12; P = 0.018

No significant outliers

Intercept = -0.027; P = 0.787

Transferrin saturation

Grim

0.27 (0.10, 0.44)

1.62E−03

0.28 (0.03, 0.52)

7.80E−02

I2 = 0%; Cochrane Q = 3; P = 0.856

No significant outliers

Intercept = -0.011; P = 0.678

Transferrin saturation

Hannum

0.28 (0.12, 0.44)

7.46E−04

0.32 (0.01, 0.63)

9.98E−02

I2 = 30.3%; Cochrane Q = 9; P = 0.196

No significant outliers

Intercept = -0.013; P = 0.716

Transferrin saturation

IE

0.28 (0.11, 0.44)

9.04E−04

0.41 (0.16, 0.66)

2.36E−02

I2 = 0%; Cochrane Q = 2; P = 0.870

No significant outliers

Intercept = -0.035; P = 0.238

Transferrin saturation

Pheno

0.36 (0.14, 0.58)

1.49E−03

0.33 (− 0.19, 0.85)

2.67E−01

I2 = 56.8%; Cochrane Q = 14; P = 0.031

No significant outliers

Intercept = 0.010; P = 0.869

Transferrin

Grim

− 0.05 (− 0.21, 0.12)

5.68E−01

− 0.18 (− 0.35, 0.01)

8.77E−02

I2 = 4%; Cochrane Q = 9; P = 0.403

No significant outliers

Intercept = 0.009; P = 0.633

Transferrin

Hannum

− 0.12 (− 0.29, 0.05)

1.79E−01

− 0.15 (− 0.34, 0.05)

1.82E−01

I2 = 29.5%; Cochrane Q = 14; P = 0.164

No significant outliers

Intercept = -0.012; P = 0.530

Transferrin

IE

− 0.03 (− 0.19, 0.13)

6.71E−01

− 0.17 (− 0.34, 0.02)

9.29E−02

I2 = 0.7%; Cochrane Q = 9; P = 0.432

No significant outliers

Intercept = 0.011; P = 0.547

Transferrin

Pheno

− 0.17 (− 0.36, 0.03)

9.24E−02

− 0.19 (− 0.44, 0.07)

1.83E−01

I2 = 27.4%; Cochrane Q = 14; P = 0.184

No significant outliers

Intercept = -0.005; P = 0.830

  1. aHeterogeneity in the random effect IVW methods was reported
  2. bMR-PRESSO (NbDistribution = 10,000, P < 0.05)
  3. cMR-Egger was used to detect Pleiotropy. There is no pleiotropy was observed among all analyses (P > 0.05)
  4. CI, confidence interval, MR-PRESSO, Mendelian Randomization Pleiotropy RESidual Sum and Outlier, IE Intrinsic epigenetic