Unveiling taurine’s protective role in ischemic stroke: insights from bidirectional Mendelian randomization and LC–MS/MS analysis

Table 3 Heterogeneity and horizontal pleiotropy check between TL and CI

Exposure outcome		Horizontal pleiotropy test (MR-Egger)			Heterogeneity test (IVW)		Heterogeneity test (MR-Egger)
Exposure outcome		Intercept	SE	P	Q	p	Q	p
TL	CI	9.005e-5	7.24e-05	0.21	50.88	0.997	49.34	0.998
CI	TL	−0.0008	0.003	0.802	65.5	0.46	65.44	0.46

CI Cerebral Infarction, TL Taurine levels, p p-value, IVW Inverse Variance Weighting, SE Standard Error, Cochran, Q s Q test

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