Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh thickness parahippocampal

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.1757780 0.0994148 0.0915665
Weighted median 23 0.0178753 0.0557280 0.7483929
Inverse variance weighted 23 0.0503299 0.0431214 0.2431431
Simple mode 23 0.0720239 0.1008235 0.4825186
Weighted mode 23 0.0047449 0.0594415 0.9370980

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 21.00367 21 0.458720
Inverse variance weighted 27.10987 22 0.207083

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0138828 0.0056186 0.0221257

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0008724 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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