Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against AmygNuclei lh volume Central-nucleus

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0599305 0.1042933 0.5716439
Weighted median 23 -0.0404793 0.0543845 0.4566849
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0017075 0.0402070 0.9661262
Simple mode 23 -0.0461775 0.0854860 0.5945023
Weighted mode 23 -0.0391162 0.0637577 0.5458290

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 23.11561 21 0.3378454
Inverse variance weighted 23.56938 22 0.3701993

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0037846 0.0058944 0.5277826

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007143 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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