Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh thickness caudalmiddlefrontal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1055581 0.1239636 0.4040841
Weighted median 23 -0.0270820 0.0592304 0.6475047
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0101380 0.0481096 0.8331009
Simple mode 23 0.1177211 0.1144414 0.3148176
Weighted mode 23 0.0008420 0.0746575 0.9911035

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 32.65831 21 0.0501459
Inverse variance weighted 33.74582 22 0.0521249

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0058588 0.0070061 0.4124373

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0010246 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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