Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against AmygNuclei lh volume Paralaminar-nucleus

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1469819 0.1033696 0.1697363
Weighted median 23 0.0595823 0.0570407 0.2962278
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0199170 0.0411071 0.6280215
Simple mode 23 0.1502514 0.0881938 0.1025329
Weighted mode 23 0.0594654 0.0664937 0.3808404

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 22.70816 21 0.3597336
Inverse variance weighted 24.63655 22 0.3147688

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0078017 0.0058422 0.1960364

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007545 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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