Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas lh thickness transversetemporal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1330238 0.1195561 0.2784351
Weighted median 23 -0.0444689 0.0541113 0.4111884
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0409148 0.0464005 0.3778985
Simple mode 23 -0.0424274 0.0809934 0.6056291
Weighted mode 23 -0.0387477 0.0581787 0.5123281

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 30.37652 21 0.0846790
Inverse variance weighted 31.38983 22 0.0884102

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0056554 0.0067569 0.4120301

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0009847 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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