Causal effect between total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol as risk factors for chronic kidney disease: a mendelian randomization study

Table 2 Heterogeneity tests

Type	Method	Q	Q_df	Q_pval
TC	MR Egger	5.410	5	0.367
TC	Inverse variance weighted	5.803	6	0.445
TG	MR Egger	16.062	11	0.138
TG	Inverse variance weighted	16.609	12	0.164
LDL-C	MR Egger	1.462	2	0.481
LDL-C	Inverse variance weighted	2.281	3	0.516
HDL-C	MR Egger	0.301	2	0.859
HDL-C	Inverse variance weighted	0.997	3	0.801
ApoA1	MR Egger	2.132	5	0.831
ApoA1	Inverse variance weighted	2.320	6	0.887
ApoB	MR Egger	13.726	7	0.056
ApoB	Inverse variance weighted	13.973	8	0.082

TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglyceride, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Apo Apolipoprotein, CI Confidence interval, MR Mendelian randomization; The significant result (P > 0.05) indicates no heterogeneity exists

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