Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against HippSubfield rh volume hippocampal-fissure

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0025409 0.1071573 0.9813062
Weighted median 23 0.0166769 0.0561075 0.7662907
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0562313 0.0412559 0.1728860
Simple mode 23 0.0442928 0.0923980 0.6364068
Weighted mode 23 0.0002730 0.0595750 0.9963849

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 24.40246 21 0.2739696
Inverse variance weighted 24.81501 22 0.3060027

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0036086 0.0060562 0.5576475

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008154 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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