Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against ThalamNuclei rh volume Pt

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0277027 0.1153958 0.8126066
Weighted median 23 0.0160408 0.0548491 0.7699400
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0053070 0.0441034 0.9042218
Simple mode 23 0.0239313 0.0952052 0.8038647
Weighted mode 23 -0.0046690 0.0606781 0.9393615

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 28.29920 21 0.1318678
Inverse variance weighted 28.35911 22 0.1640833

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0013751 0.0065219 0.835043

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008599 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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