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Table 1 Sensitivity analysis of the MR analysis results of medications use and BPH

From: Causal association between non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs use and the risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia: a univariable and multivariable Mendelian randomization study

Medications Use

Heterogeneity Test

Pleiotropy Test

MR-PRESSO

Cochran’s Q Test

Rucker’s Q Test

Egger Intercept

Global Test

(p value)

(p value)

(p value)

IVW

MR-Egger

MR-Egger

p value

NSAIDs

0.159

0.182

0.208

0.184

Salicylic acid and derivatives

0.088

0.071

0.774

0.129

Anilides

0.526

0.480

0.817

0.532

  1. NSAIDs: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, IVW: inverse variance weighted, MR-PRESSO: MR pleiotropy residual sum and outlier