Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against ThalamNuclei rh volume Pc

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0788434 0.1061254 0.4657565
Weighted median 23 -0.0838144 0.0598541 0.1614198
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0045712 0.0410717 0.9113795
Simple mode 23 -0.0935278 0.1210317 0.4478910
Weighted mode 23 -0.1101041 0.0735655 0.1486862

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 23.93572 21 0.2961837
Inverse variance weighted 24.59460 22 0.3168514

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0045603 0.005998 0.4555225

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007457 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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