Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against HippSubfield rh volume CA3-body

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0878057 0.1106692 0.4364141
Weighted median 23 0.0382145 0.0592381 0.5188628
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0460094 0.0424212 0.2781056
Simple mode 23 0.0388682 0.1051144 0.7150893
Weighted mode 23 0.0562367 0.0750786 0.4617689

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 26.02825 21 0.2053739
Inverse variance weighted 26.23690 22 0.2416499

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0025663 0.0062548 0.685747

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008375 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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