Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP T1 SIENAX white normalised volume

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1497034 0.1472853 0.3209984
Weighted median 23 0.0275241 0.0578773 0.6343883
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0368040 0.0571661 0.5196994
Simple mode 23 0.1157672 0.1141599 0.3215685
Weighted mode 23 0.0192890 0.0745856 0.7983363

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 47.94532 21 0.0006995
Inverse variance weighted 49.52873 22 0.0006788

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0069329 0.008325 0.4143374

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0015288 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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