Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP dMRI TBSS L2 Sagittal stratum R

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.2044918 0.1412808 0.1625455
Weighted median 23 0.1789998 0.0589849 0.0024080
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.2351664 0.0540152 0.0000134
Simple mode 23 0.1170016 0.0864392 0.1896174
Weighted mode 23 0.1402739 0.0635138 0.0379263

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 41.59618 21 0.0047276
Inverse variance weighted 41.70638 22 0.0067827

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0018836 0.0079854 0.8158141

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0023521 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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