Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against BA-exvivo lh thickness MT

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0677608 0.1246405 0.5924076
Weighted median 23 -0.0790323 0.0600135 0.1878697
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0398868 0.0476533 0.4025800
Simple mode 23 -0.0787243 0.1193716 0.5164264
Weighted mode 23 -0.0903932 0.0768519 0.2520861

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 33.01455 21 0.0460560
Inverse variance weighted 33.10735 22 0.0603797

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0017115 0.0070444 0.8103992

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0010351 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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