Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP dMRI TBSS L3 Pontine crossing tract

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0359467 0.1035253 0.7318773
Weighted median 23 0.0656151 0.0589871 0.2659816
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0244228 0.0395424 0.5368158
Simple mode 23 0.0928989 0.1126683 0.4184863
Weighted mode 23 0.0869597 0.0772665 0.2725262

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 22.33391 21 0.3804918
Inverse variance weighted 22.34947 22 0.4392028

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0007076 0.0058514 0.9048944

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.000689 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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