Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas lh thickness lingual

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.2247687 0.1157939 0.0657850
Weighted median 23 -0.0569800 0.0588894 0.3332555
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0418030 0.0472086 0.3758895
Simple mode 23 -0.0308887 0.1030067 0.7670907
Weighted mode 23 -0.0621540 0.0562861 0.2814156

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 28.49489 21 0.1266658
Inverse variance weighted 32.49323 22 0.0693671

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.011234 0.0065444 0.10077

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0010197 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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