Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-DKTatlas rh thickness parstriangularis

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 0.0711051 0.0994075 0.4823077
Weighted median 23 0.0179120 0.0544238 0.7420640
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0002998 0.0388460 0.9938427
Simple mode 23 0.1217608 0.0933868 0.2057689
Weighted mode 23 0.0082611 0.0670265 0.9030276

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 18.50772 21 0.6166871
Inverse variance weighted 19.11667 22 0.6381134

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
-0.0043843 0.0056183 0.4438899

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.0005793 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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