Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh area isthmuscingulate

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0555533 0.1326441 0.6796043
Weighted median 23 0.0320111 0.0565704 0.5714873
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0074944 0.0509624 0.8830862
Simple mode 23 0.0141416 0.0929663 0.8804820
Weighted mode 23 0.0398495 0.0632551 0.5351957

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 37.39112 21 0.0151743
Inverse variance weighted 37.86588 22 0.0189668

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0038711 0.0074968 0.6109891

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0011485 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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