Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against BA-exvivo rh volume V2

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1818439 0.1390515 0.2050960
Weighted median 23 0.0122424 0.0679126 0.8569434
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0148241 0.0551987 0.7882696
Simple mode 23 0.0747063 0.1430008 0.6066003
Weighted mode 23 0.0249504 0.0911054 0.7867444

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 41.09105 21 0.0054635
Inverse variance weighted 44.42284 22 0.0031390

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.010255 0.0078589 0.2060482

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0013505 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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