Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP dMRI TBSS MD Pontine crossing tract

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0566483 0.1036572 0.5904851
Weighted median 23 0.0197284 0.0618347 0.7496882
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0083796 0.0400142 0.8341230
Simple mode 23 0.0537852 0.1056227 0.6156678
Weighted mode 23 0.0447826 0.0809048 0.5854880

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 22.39085 21 0.3772948
Inverse variance weighted 22.88611 22 0.4081845

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0039931 0.0058589 0.502979

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0006949 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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