Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas lh thickness cuneus

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.2679284 0.1039606 0.0175702
Weighted median 23 -0.1068789 0.0543673 0.0493140
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0535884 0.0441788 0.2251333
Simple mode 23 -0.0647406 0.0885777 0.4725591
Weighted mode 23 -0.0954128 0.0669345 0.1680575

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 22.96889 21 0.3456396
Inverse variance weighted 28.45614 22 0.1610527

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0131604 0.0058756 0.0360488

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009199 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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