Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP SWI T2star left pallidum

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.2060876 0.1837158 0.2746222
Weighted median 23 0.1016069 0.0627381 0.1053310
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0124040 0.0728931 0.8648791
Simple mode 23 0.1133738 0.1067619 0.2997859
Weighted mode 23 0.0776751 0.0725415 0.2958805

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 67.56255 21 9e-07
Inverse variance weighted 72.93368 22 2e-07

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0134217 0.0103877 0.2103681

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0022124 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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