Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP dMRI TBSS L3 Medial lemniscus R

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.1637864 0.1003863 0.1176789
Weighted median 23 0.0812082 0.0574979 0.1578417
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0437557 0.0392321 0.2647212
Simple mode 23 0.0713289 0.1043949 0.5015756
Weighted mode 23 0.0889389 0.0664591 0.1944831

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 17.12813 21 0.7033107
Inverse variance weighted 18.81552 22 0.6566911

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0073705 0.005674 0.2080275

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0006078 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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