Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against AmygNuclei rh volume Accessory-Basal-nucleus

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0616818 0.0994061 0.5416024
Weighted median 23 0.0048865 0.0554493 0.9297772
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0383903 0.0388453 0.3230116
Simple mode 23 0.0146420 0.0946323 0.8784490
Weighted mode 23 0.0197195 0.0738928 0.7920578

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 18.02497 21 0.6474234
Inverse variance weighted 19.22107 22 0.6316406

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0061444 0.0056182 0.2864905

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0006121 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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