Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against BA-exvivo rh area BA4p

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0854889 0.1039329 0.4200123
Weighted median 23 0.0373205 0.0539804 0.4893323
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0089127 0.0402812 0.8248874
Simple mode 23 -0.0694258 0.0943363 0.4695420
Weighted mode 23 0.0239906 0.0636750 0.7099562

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 22.95548 21 0.3463567
Inverse variance weighted 23.65583 22 0.3655254

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0047017 0.005874 0.4324249

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007184 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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