Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP dMRI TBSS MD Cingulum hippocampus R

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.3683217 0.1041443 0.0019557
Weighted median 23 0.2741854 0.0617334 0.0000089
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.2516741 0.0411432 0.0000000
Simple mode 23 0.3768890 0.1132714 0.0030573
Weighted mode 23 0.3255561 0.0802391 0.0005245

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 22.60452 21 0.3654212
Inverse variance weighted 24.19834 22 0.3369194

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.007163 0.0058866 0.2371669

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0019802 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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