Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas lh volume superiortemporal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0657263 0.0997677 0.5171872
Weighted median 23 -0.0944618 0.0532028 0.0758145
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0857569 0.0388453 0.0272686
Simple mode 23 -0.0960735 0.0891551 0.2928868
Weighted mode 23 -0.0930011 0.0582683 0.1247360

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 21.15320 21 0.4496227
Inverse variance weighted 21.20112 22 0.5083397

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0012299 0.0056386 0.829445

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007901 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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