Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP SWI T2star right putamen

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.2614737 0.1384064 0.0727568
Weighted median 23 0.1789376 0.0659025 0.0066238
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.1298726 0.0541806 0.0165284
Simple mode 23 0.3157570 0.1405355 0.0350163
Weighted mode 23 0.1921700 0.0898697 0.0438470

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 38.34588 21 0.0117367
Inverse variance weighted 40.29441 22 0.0099864

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0080843 0.007826 0.3133506

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0015398 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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