Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against AmygNuclei lh volume Basal-nucleus

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0096122 0.0994065 0.9238845
Weighted median 23 -0.0487805 0.0537254 0.3638999
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0209309 0.0388454 0.5900072
Simple mode 23 -0.0781755 0.0923920 0.4065907
Weighted mode 23 -0.0588134 0.0632101 0.3622396

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 16.85826 21 0.7196617
Inverse variance weighted 16.87356 22 0.7703012

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.000695 0.0056182 0.9027308

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0005201 TRUE 0

Note - R2 values are approximate


Forest plot of single SNP MR

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Comparison of results using different MR methods

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Funnel plot

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Leave-one-out sensitivity analysis

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