Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against HippSubfield lh volume HATA

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1648822 0.0994058 0.1120434
Weighted median 23 0.0118754 0.0587993 0.8399437
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0122878 0.0388453 0.7517548
Simple mode 23 -0.0132774 0.0980171 0.8934796
Weighted mode 23 0.0172208 0.0723451 0.8140556

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 14.87686 21 0.8290796
Inverse variance weighted 18.62592 22 0.6683002

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0108782 0.0056182 0.0664116

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0005674 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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