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The inverse-variance weighting (IVW) was used as the primary method followed by several other MR methods including MR Egger, Weighted median, and MR-Robust Adjusted Profile Score as sensitivity analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Nine different interleukins\u2014IL-1\u03b2, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-12, IL-17, IL-18, and IL-23\u2014were elevated in OSA compared with control to varying degrees, ranging from 0.82 to 100.14 pg\/ml, and one interleukin, IL-10, was decreased by 0.77 pg\/ml. Increased IL-1\u03b2, IL-6, and IL-8 rather than IL-10 can be reduced in OSA by effective treatments. Further, the MR analysis of the IVW method showed that there was no significant evidence to support the causal relationships between OSA and the nine interleukins\u2014IL-1\u03b2, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-17, and IL-18. 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