Table 1 Two-sample Mendelian randomization estimates for the association between sleep traits and risk of colorectal, colon, proximal colon, distal colon, and rectal cancer in both sexes combined and in sex-stratified analyses.

From: Mendelian randomization study of sleep traits and risk of colorectal cancer

Exposure

Chronotype

Frequent insomnia symptoms

Any insomnia symptoms

Insomnia—Jansen et al. (2019)

Sleep duration

Outcome

Method

GVs

OR (95% CI)

P

GVs

OR (95% CI)

P

GVs

OR (95% CI)

P

GVs

OR (95% CI)

P

GVs

OR (95% CI)

P

Colorectal cancer, Males

IVW random-effects model

289

0.87 (0.78, 0.97)

0.01

38

0.99 (0.65, 1.51)

0.96

NA

NA

NA

190

1.03 (0.94, 1.12)

0.53

76

0.850 (0.663, 1.088)

0.20

Weighted median method

0.91 (0.79, 1.05)

0.20

1.04 (0.58, 1.89)

0.89

NA

NA

0.94 (0.83, 1.07)

0.37

1.003 (0.728, 1.381)

0.99

MR-Egger method

0.92 (0.69, 1.23)

0.56

0.34 (0.07, 1.66)

0.18

NA

NA

0.81 (0.61, 1.07)

0.14

0.760 (0.336, 1.721)

0.51

Colorectal cancer, Females

IVW random-effects model

290

0.99 (0.89, 1.09)

0.78

38

1.04 (0.61, 1.77)

0.89

NA

NA

NA

190

0.99 (0.93, 1.06)

0.85

76

0.960 (0.743, 1.240)

0.75

Weighted median method

0.95 (0.82, 1.09)

0.44

0.71 (0.36, 1.37)

0.31

NA

NA

0.94 (0.86, 1.04)

0.24

1.246 (0.915, 1.697)

0.16

MR-Egger method

0.77 (0.60, 0.99)

0.04

0.34 (0.05, 2.24)

0.26

NA

NA

1.12 (0.86, 1.47)

0.40

0.842 (0.359, 1.973)

0.69

Colorectal cancer

IVW random-effects model

290

0.97 (0.92, 1.02)

0.19

38

1.01 (0.90, 1.13)

0.87

38

1.01 (0.90, 1.13)

0.88

190

1.02 (0.99, 1.06)

0.25

76

0.998 (0.995, 1.001)

0.27

Weighted median method

0.96 (0.90, 1.02)

0.16

1.02 (0.87, 1.19)

0.85

1.01 (0.86, 1.19)

0.89

1.02 (0.97, 1.08)

0.38

0.998 (0.994, 1.002)

0.29

MR-Egger method

0.95 (0.83, 1.08)

0.42

0.81 (0.54, 1.20)

0.29

0.81 (0.54, 1.20)

0.29

1.13 (0.98, 1.31)

0.09

0.995 (0.983, 1.007)

0.41

Colon cancer, Males

IVW random-effects model

289

0.86 (0.76, 0.98)

0.02

38

0.97 (0.57, 1.63)

0.90

NA

NA

NA

190

1.03 (0.90, 1.18)

0.63

76

0.900 (0.674, 1.201)

0.47

Weighted median method

0.95 (0.80, 1.14)

0.61

1.01 (0.48, 2.14)

0.98

NA

NA

0.93 (0.79, 1.08)

0.33

1.133 (0.757, 1.695)

0.54

MR-Egger method

0.97 (0.69, 1.37)

0.87

0.41 (0.06, 2.91)

0.37

NA

NA

0.75 (0.49, 1.13)

0.17

0.872 (0.336, 2.260)

0.78

Colon cancer, Females

IVW random-effects model

290

1.03 (0.92, 1.15)

0.62

38

1.04 (0.57, 1.92)

0.89

NA

NA

NA

190

1.00 (0.92, 1.08)

0.93

76

0.946 (0.716, 1.250)

0.70

Weighted median method

1.07 (0.91, 1.26)

0.43

1.23 (0.57, 2.65)

0.61

NA

NA

0.94 (0.84, 1.05)

0.31

0.972 (0.680, 1.388)

0.88

MR-Egger method

0.80 (0.60, 1.08)

0.15

0.32 (0.04, 2.75)

0.30

NA

NA

1.08 (0.78, 1.49)

0.63

0.691 (0.276, 1.731)

0.43

Colon cancer

IVW random-effects model

290

0.98 (0.93, 1.04)

0.50

38

1.01 (0.87, 1.17)

0.92

38

1.01 (0.87, 1.17)

0.93

190

1.03 (0.98, 1.08)

0.24

76

0.999 (0.995, 1.002)

0.45

Weighted median method

1.00 (0.93, 1.08)

0.91

1.07 (0.88, 1.29)

0.51

1.06 (0.87, 1.28)

0.58

1.04 (0.98, 1.11)

0.18

1.001 (0.996, 1.005)

0.82

MR-Egger method

0.99 (0.85, 1.15)

0.91

0.75 (0.45, 1.25)

0.27

0.75 (0.45, 1.23)

0.26

1.11 (0.93, 1.34)

0.25

0.993 (0.980, 1.006)

0.28

Proximal colon cancer

IVW random-effects model

290

0.99 (0.93, 1.06)

0.82

38

0.97 (0.81, 1.16)

0.77

38

0.97 (0.81, 1.16)

0.75

190

1.02 (0.96, 1.09)

0.50

76

0.998 (0.995, 1.002)

0.34

Weighted median method

1.01 (0.92, 1.11)

0.76

1.02 (0.80, 1.30)

0.87

1.01 (0.80, 1.29)

0.92

1.06 (0.98, 1.15)

0.13

0.999 (0.993, 1.004)

0.63

MR-Egger method

1.01 (0.83, 1.21)

0.95

0.46 (0.26, 0.84)

0.01

0.47 (0.26, 0.84)

0.01

1.06 (0.83, 1.35)

0.63

0.993 (0.979, 1.007)

0.30

Distal colon cancer

IVW random-effects model

290

0.98 (0.91, 1.05)

0.60

38

1.13 (0.94, 1.36)

0.20

38

1.13 (0.93, 1.36)

0.21

190

1.03 (0.98, 1.09)

0.27

76

0.998 (0.994, 1.003)

0.50

Weighted median method

1.00 (0.91, 1.10)

0.98

1.30 (1.01, 1.66)

0.04

1.26 (0.98, 1.62)

0.07

1.04 (0.96, 1.13)

0.35

0.998 (0.993, 1.004)

0.58

MR-Egger method

0.97 (0.80, 1.19)

0.79

1.35 (0.70, 2.63)

0.37

1.29 (0.67, 2.49)

0.45

1.12 (0.90, 1.39)

0.32

0.992 (0.975, 1.008)

0.32

Rectal cancer, Males

IVW random-effects model

289

0.87 (0.75, 1.00)

0.06

38

0.88 (0.47, 1.65)

0.70

NA

NA

NA

190

1.05 (0.92, 1.20)

0.44

76

0.698 (0.497, 0.982)

0.04

Weighted median method

0.84 (0.68, 1.04)

0.12

0.94 (0.39, 2.26)

0.89

NA

NA

0.99 (0.83, 1.18)

0.90

0.799 (0.497, 1.284)

0.35

MR-Egger method

0.81 (0.55, 1.20)

0.30

1.05 (0.10, 11.03)

0.97

NA

NA

0.96 (0.63, 1.47)

0.87

0.895 (0.291, 2.759)

0.85

Rectal cancer, Females

IVW random-effects model

290

0.94 (0.81, 1.09)

0.43

38

1.34 (0.59, 3.06)

0.48

NA

NA

NA

190

1.06 (0.95, 1.17)

0.31

76

0.912 (0.627, 1.327)

0.63

Weighted median method

0.87 (0.70, 1.10)

0.24

1.07 (0.34, 3.32)

0.91

NA

NA

1.08 (0.92, 1.26)

0.33

0.884 (0.528, 1.480)

0.64

MR-Egger method

0.91 (0.62, 1.35)

0.64

0.64 (0.03, 12.25)

0.77

NA

NA

1.69 (1.09, 2.61)

0.02

1.099 (0.317, 3.814)

0.88

Rectal cancer

IVW random-effects model

290

0.95 (0.89, 1.01)

0.13

38

1.06 (0.89, 1.25)

0.52

38

1.05 (0.89, 1.24)

0.58

190

1.04 (0.98, 1.10)

0.18

76

0.996 (0.992, 1.000)

0.06

Weighted median method

0.98 (0.89, 1.08)

0.72

1.19 (0.93, 1.51)

0.16

1.18 (0.92, 1.50)

0.18

1.03 (0.95, 1.11)

0.45

0.996 (0.991, 1.002)

0.20

MR-Egger method

0.93 (0.77, 1.12)

0.43

1.40 (0.78, 2.52)

0.26

1.27 (0.71, 2.27)

0.42

1.23 (0.99, 1.52)

0.06

0.999 (0.983, 1.015)

0.89

  1. CI: Confidence Interval; GVs: Genetic Variants; IVW: Inverse-Variance Weighted; MR: Mendelian Randomization; NA: Non Applicable; OR: Odds Ratio