Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP T1 SIENAX CSF unnormalised volume

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0482886 0.1147724 0.6782241
Weighted median 23 0.0488468 0.0565259 0.3875064
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0160504 0.0439253 0.7148115
Simple mode 23 0.0544296 0.0931133 0.5647958
Weighted mode 23 0.0396055 0.0617943 0.5281926

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 29.11221 21 0.1113336
Inverse variance weighted 29.24130 22 0.1380995

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0019797 0.0064872 0.7632456

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008914 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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