Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against ThalamNuclei rh volume MDl

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0059338 0.0994060 0.9529651
Weighted median 23 -0.0215133 0.0552944 0.6972262
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0430286 0.0388453 0.2679951
Simple mode 23 0.0185915 0.0959299 0.8481086
Weighted mode 23 0.0185915 0.0736649 0.8030910

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 19.06161 21 0.5811877
Inverse variance weighted 19.34794 22 0.6237561

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0030063 0.0056182 0.598204

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0006235 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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