Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP T1 SIENAX CSF normalised volume

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0453257 0.1148807 0.6971564
Weighted median 23 0.0431786 0.0574005 0.4519102
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0161433 0.0439490 0.7133817
Simple mode 23 0.0551884 0.0909398 0.5501513
Weighted mode 23 0.0441254 0.0618047 0.4827655

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 29.16714 21 0.1100462
Inverse variance weighted 29.27293 22 0.1372323

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.001792 0.0064933 0.785263

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008924 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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