Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas lh thickness fusiform

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0467843 0.1271029 0.7164962
Weighted median 23 -0.0793956 0.0610998 0.1937923
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0382094 0.0485329 0.4311134
Simple mode 23 -0.1134768 0.0993862 0.2658228
Weighted mode 23 -0.0887579 0.0674036 0.2014542

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 34.33282 21 0.0333739
Inverse variance weighted 34.34160 22 0.0453315

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0005265 0.0071835 0.942267

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0010699 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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