Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP T1 SIENAX grey normalised volume

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1275334 0.1355892 0.3576111
Weighted median 23 -0.1316824 0.0606329 0.0298710
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0519791 0.0522282 0.3196241
Simple mode 23 -0.1906045 0.1383998 0.1823021
Weighted mode 23 -0.1703658 0.0780251 0.0399519

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 40.63372 21 0.0062216
Inverse variance weighted 41.34287 22 0.0075000

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0046397 0.007664 0.5514077

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0013091 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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