Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP SWI T2star left caudate

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.2388519 0.1101036 0.0416814
Weighted median 23 0.0499601 0.0571276 0.3818267
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0426440 0.0456445 0.3501680
Simple mode 23 0.0069662 0.0883096 0.9378380
Weighted mode 23 0.0661860 0.0575332 0.2623325

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 24.26523 21 0.2803856
Inverse variance weighted 28.59632 22 0.1567510

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.012053 0.0062256 0.0664379

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009009 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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