Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against AmygNuclei rh volume Cortical-nucleus

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1461902 0.1081299 0.1907623
Weighted median 23 -0.0006407 0.0567300 0.9909894
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0177929 0.0428874 0.6782339
Simple mode 23 0.1538161 0.1113698 0.1811082
Weighted mode 23 0.0656214 0.0707388 0.3636515

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 24.84796 21 0.2538093
Inverse variance weighted 26.81701 22 0.2182593

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0078836 0.0061113 0.211073

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.000819 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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