Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP SWI T2star left thalamus

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1301210 0.1139201 0.2662222
Weighted median 23 0.0595570 0.0546513 0.2758172
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0328867 0.0443852 0.4587304
Simple mode 23 0.0220936 0.0863626 0.8004636
Weighted mode 23 0.0579534 0.0577243 0.3263086

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 25.97629 21 0.2073544
Inverse variance weighted 27.03994 22 0.2097135

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0059731 0.0064414 0.3643074

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008398 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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