Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against AmygNuclei lh volume Medial-nucleus

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.2295072 0.1036604 0.0380250
Weighted median 23 0.0733912 0.0580992 0.2065154
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0814489 0.0417838 0.0512604
Simple mode 23 0.1247231 0.0875969 0.1685251
Weighted mode 23 0.0985557 0.0700525 0.1734324

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 22.83622 21 0.3527724
Inverse variance weighted 25.45447 22 0.2758391

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0090908 0.0058587 0.1356793

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009045 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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