Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against IDP dMRI TBSS OD Tapetum L

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0133546 0.1003892 0.8954375
Weighted median 23 0.0269971 0.0565144 0.6328622
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0067740 0.0392331 0.8629186
Simple mode 23 0.1287905 0.0998819 0.2106416
Weighted mode 23 0.0303461 0.0663508 0.6518983

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 16.90589 21 0.7167951
Inverse variance weighted 16.95334 22 0.7659321

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.001236 0.0056741 0.8296649

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0005147 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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