Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas lh thickness lateralorbitofrontal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0708790 0.1163991 0.5491015
Weighted median 23 -0.0350766 0.0583960 0.5480615
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0492714 0.0444831 0.2680162
Simple mode 23 -0.2162759 0.1276625 0.1043541
Weighted mode 23 0.0187564 0.0748013 0.8043351

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 28.79371 21 0.1190429
Inverse variance weighted 28.84947 22 0.1492088

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0013267 0.0065786 0.8421156

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.000923 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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