Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas lh thickness entorhinal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0183067 0.1142601 0.8742396
Weighted median 23 0.0349886 0.0557188 0.5300374
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0137408 0.0437197 0.7532984
Simple mode 23 0.0555388 0.0842527 0.5166127
Weighted mode 23 0.0364686 0.0588539 0.5418558

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 27.74419 21 0.1475568
Inverse variance weighted 27.86685 22 0.1801360

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0019677 0.0064577 0.7635889

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008482 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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