Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against BA-exvivo rh volume V1

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0841841 0.1124530 0.4623917
Weighted median 23 0.0245941 0.0585109 0.6742412
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0131071 0.0438277 0.7648938
Simple mode 23 -0.0084440 0.1117177 0.9404336
Weighted mode 23 0.0882303 0.0842305 0.3062475

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 26.87454 21 0.1750445
Inverse variance weighted 28.00511 22 0.1755121

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0059737 0.0063556 0.3579502

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.000852 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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