Research Article

The Causal Relationship between Plasma Myeloperoxidase Levels and Respiratory Tract Infections: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study

Table 1

Details of the GWASs included in the Mendelian randomization.

EventGWAS IDConsortiumYearPopulationSample size

MPOebi-a-GCST90012031Folkersen et al. [20] study2020European21,758
MPOprot-a-1930INTERVAL study [21]2018European3,301
URTIieu-b-5063UK Biobank database2021European2,795/483,689
LRTI (ICU)ieu-b-4974UK Biobank database2021European585/430,780

MPO, myeloperoxidase; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection; LRTI (ICU), lower respiratory tract infection in the intensive care unit.