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Table 1 Characteristics of data sources used in the Mendelian randomization study

From: Obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation: insights from a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study

Traits

Data sources

Sample size (cases/controls)

Ancestry

Use

OSA

FinnGen [12]

16,761/201,194

European

Exposure/Outcome

AF

Nielsen et al. [13]

60,620/970,216

European

Exposure/Outcome

AF

AF HRC [14]

65,446/522,744

Mixed (84.2% European)

Outcome for replication analyses

Snoring

UK Biobank [15]

152,302/256,015

European

Additional analyses

Body mass index

Hoffmann et al. [16]

334,487

Mixed (94.3% European)

Confounder for MVMR analyses

HTN, SBP, DBP

Neale laboratory [17]

317,754

European

Confounder for MVMR analyses

Type 2 diabetes

Mahajan et al. [18]

74,124/824,006

European

Confounder for MVMR analyses

LDL-C, HDL-C, TG

Richardson et al. [19]

403,943 ~ 441,016

European

Confounder for MVMR analyses

  1. OSA, obstructive sleep apnea; AF, atrial fibrillation; MVMR, multivariable Mendelian randomization; HTN, hypertension; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; AF HRC, Atrial Fibrillation Haplotype Reference Consortium