Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP dMRI TBSS FA Tapetum L

Date: 23 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0536533 0.1413890 0.7081469
Weighted median 23 -0.0757324 0.0561832 0.1776729
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0810186 0.0540420 0.1338275
Simple mode 23 0.0341511 0.0961750 0.7259010
Weighted mode 23 -0.0349946 0.0595825 0.5629613

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 41.65811 21 0.0046441
Inverse variance weighted 41.74581 22 0.0067089

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0016804 0.0079915 0.835485

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0013941 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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