Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh thickness lateralorbitofrontal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.0003660 0.1244129 0.9976808
Weighted median 23 0.0682349 0.0568718 0.2302158
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0186045 0.0475308 0.6954871
Simple mode 23 0.0851130 0.0991640 0.3999790
Weighted mode 23 0.0576251 0.0681207 0.4067005

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 32.89528 21 0.0473913
Inverse variance weighted 32.93826 22 0.0627475

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0011648 0.0070315 0.8700158

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.001005 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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