Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP dMRI TBSS L1 Tapetum R

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0704615 0.1003871 0.4904493
Weighted median 23 0.0467341 0.0567719 0.4103992
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0625146 0.0392325 0.1110611
Simple mode 23 0.0964885 0.0933197 0.3123891
Weighted mode 23 0.0407114 0.0657110 0.5419164

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 16.04239 21 0.7672646
Inverse variance weighted 18.11335 22 0.6992468

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0081654 0.005674 0.1648663

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0006259 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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