Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh thickness paracentral

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.2294327 0.0994044 0.0312687
Weighted median 23 -0.0156785 0.0604860 0.7954740
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0249321 0.0404014 0.5371618
Simple mode 23 -0.0030892 0.0970996 0.9749066
Weighted mode 23 -0.0030892 0.0760408 0.9679608

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 18.80314 21 0.5977671
Inverse variance weighted 23.79824 22 0.3578937

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0125564 0.0056181 0.0364143

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0007336 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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